1503 in poetry

Events

• Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto begins writing Orlando Furioso

  Works published

• Anonymous, Sir Tryamour, publication year uncertain; written in the late 14th century
• William Dunbar, The Thrissil and the Rois, Scotland, a political allegory honoring Margaret Tudor, whose marriage to James IV of Scotland had been negotiated with the help of Dunbar
• Jean Lemaire de Belges, La Plainte du Désiré, Belgian Walloon poet living in and published in France

  Births

• June 28 - Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet and critic; Latin-language poet
• November 17 - Agnolo di Cosimo, better known as "Il Bronzino" or "Agnolo Bronzino", Italian Mannerist painter and poet
• Nicholas Bourbon in this year or 1505 , French court preceptor and poet
• Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Spanish
• Benedetto Varchi, some sources say he may have been born this year, others say his birth year is either this year or 1502, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Garcilasco de la Vega, Spanish
• Sir Thomas Wyatt, born about this year, English lyrical poet

Deaths

• Antonio Bonfini, Italian humanist and poet
• Alessandro Braccesi, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Matteo Canale, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Gian Giacomo della Croce died this year or later, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Iovianus Pontanus, also known as Giovanni Gioviano Pontano,, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Annamacharya శ్రీ తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య, mystic saint composer of the 15th century, widely regarded as the Telugu pada kavita pitaamaha ; husband of Tallapaka Tirumalamma