1680 in poetry
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
- The Irish poem-book Leabhar Cloinne Aodha Buidhe is transcribed by Ruairí Ó hUiginn of Sligo at the command of Cormac Ó Neill.
- Possible approximate date of composition of the Thai poem Kamsuan Samut, attributed to Si Prat.
Works published
- Wentworth Dillon, translator, Horace's Art of Poetry, translation from the Latin of Horace's Ars poetica, including an essay by Edmund Waller[1]
- John Dryden and others, translators, Ovid's Epistles[1]
- Thomas Otway, The Poet's Complaint of his Muse; or, A Satyr Against Libells[1]
- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Poems on Several Occasions By the Right Honourable The E. of R—, published in London, although the book states it was published in "Antwerpen"[2] (see "Deaths", below) The book includes "The Disappointment" by Aphra Behn.
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- September 22 – Barthold Heinrich Brockes (died 1747), German poet
- Mohammed Awzal (died 1748), Moroccan Berber religious poet
- Bulleh Shah (died 1757), Punjabi Sufi poet, humanist and philosopher
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- July 26 – John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (born 1647), English poet, courtier and rake (see "Works", above)
- August 25 – Symeon of Polotsk (born 1629), Belarusian-Russian Baroque poet, dramatist, churchman and enlightener
- September 25 – Samuel Butler (born 1612), English satirical poet
- October 15 – Bedřich Bridel (born 1619), Czech Baroque writer, poet and missionary
- November – Carr Scrope (born 1649), English versifier and courtier
- Approximate date
- François Colletet (born 1628), French poet
- Karacaoğlan (born c.1606), Turkish folk poet and ashik
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ Web page titled "John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647–1680)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 11, 2009. Archived May 2, 2009, at WebCite 2009-05-02.