1610 in Poetry - Births

Births

  • January – Sir Sidney Godolphin (died 1643), English
  • July – Paul Scarron (died 1660), French poet, playwright and novelist
  • Also:
    • Jeremias de Dekker, birth year uncertain (died 1666), Dutch
    • Mehmed IV Giray (died 1674), poet and khan of the Crimean Khanate
    • Henry Glapthorne (died c. 1643), English poet and playwright
    • Ye Wanwan (died 1632, according to one source, 1633 according to another, Chinese poet and daughter of poet Shen Yixiu; also sister of women poets Ye Xiaowan and Ye Xiaoluan

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