1523 in poetry

Events

Works published

• Alexander Barclay, The Mirror of Good Manners, publication year uncertain, translated from Dominic Mancini's De quatuor virtutibus, in English and Latin; London: Richard Pynson
• Hans Sachs, die Wittenbergische Nachtigall, allegorical story in verse in praise of Luther
• John Skelton, The Garland of Laurel

  Births

• February 20 – Jan Blahoslav, Czech poet and translator
• Approximate date – Girolamo Maggi, Italian scholar, jurist, poet, military engineer, urban planner, philologist, archaeologist, mathematician and naturalist

  Deaths

• Stephen Hawes, death year uncertain, birth year unknown; English
• Ulrich von Hutten, German
• Faustino Perisauli, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Tang Yin died this year, according to some sources, or 1524 according to others, Chinese poet, painter and calligrapher