1533 in poetry

Events

• French poet Maurice Sceve announces that he has found the tomb of "Laura", the woman who is the subject of so many poems by Petrarch, at the church of Santa Croce in Avignon, further strengthening French interest in the Italian poet.

  Works published

• Luigi Alamanni, Opere Toscane, Latin elegies, published either this year or in 1532, Italian writer published in Lyon, France, said to consist of satirical pieces written in blank verse
• Teofilo Folengo, L'Umanità del Figliuolo di Die, a life of Christ in rhymed octaves, Italy
• Clément Marot, Suite de l'Adolescence clementine, France
• François Villon, modernized edition of his poetry, published by Clément Marot

  Births

• January 2 - Johann Major, German poet and theologian
• August 7 - Alonso de Ercilla, Spanish soldier and poet
• Eknath, Marathi language religious poet in the Hindu tradition of India
• Elazar ben Moshe Azikri, Jewish kabbalist, poet and writer
• Andrea Rapicio, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Approximate date - Sun Kehong, Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher and poet

  Deaths

• July 6 - Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet who also wrote verses in Latin
• Giovanni Francesco Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher and Latin-language poet