1490s in poetry

, died c. 1451 but published this decade 1491: • Immanuel of Rome, ''Mahberot Imanu'el'', published in Brescia, Italy, among the first books in Hebrew printed in Italy 1492: • Savonarola, Apologeticus De Ratione Poeticae Artis, criticism; Italy • Jorge Manrique, Coplas de Manrique por la muerte de su padre ("Couplets on the Death of His Father" or "Stanzas for the Death of His Father"), Spanish lyric poem 1493: • Mir Ali Shir Nava'i, Mizan al-Awzan ("Scales of Poetic Meters"), Turkish poems • Shin Maha Rahtathara, Bhuridat Zatpaung Pyo, Burmese poem • Paul Riviere, a translation into French of Das Narrenschiff ("The Ship of Fools") by Sebastian Brant, from the original German 1498: • Hinrek van Alkmaar, Reinke de Vos ("Reynard the Fox"), animal epic poem, Netherlands • Mir Ali Shir Nava'i, Char Divan ("Four Divans"), lyric poems Chagatai Turkish 1499: • John Skelton, published anonymously, The Bouge of Court, publication year uncertain, written in 1488; a satirical dream-allegory about court life • Gilber Hay (or perhaps "Gilbert the Hay", who may have been a different person) publishes The Buik of King Alexander the Conquerour, part of The Buik of Alexander romance stories • Pierre Gringore, Chasteau de Labour, printed by Antoine Vérard, France ==Births==

, born 1491 (born 1497), by Lucas Cranach the Elder , Hindu poet, born 1498 Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted: 1490: • April – Vittoria Colonna (died 1547), Italian • Girolamo Angeriano, also known as "Hieronymus Angerianus" born sometime between about 1470 and about 1490 (died 1535), Italian, Latin-language poet; sources differ on his birth year, with some stating 1470, others giving "c. 1480" and another c. 1490 • Juan Boscan, original Catalan name: "Joan Boscà Almogàver", born about this year (died 1542), Catalan poet who wrote in Spanish • Cristobal de Castillejo born about this year (died 1550), Spanish • Sir David Lindsay (died c. 1555), Scottish • Jean Salmon Macrin (died 1557), French, Latin-language poet • Francesco Pittiani, born about this year (died 1552), Italian, Latin-language poet • Marcantonio Flaminio (died 1550), Italian, Latin-language poet • Meerabai मीराबाई (died 1547), alternate spelling: Meera, Mira, Meera Bai; Indian, Hindu poet-saint, mystical poet whose compositions, extant version of which are in Gujarati and a Rajasthani dialect of Hindi, remain popular throughout India 1499: • Sebastian Franck, who called himself "Franck von Word" (died 1542 or 1543), German freethinker, humanist, radical reformer and poet ==Deaths==

; portrait by an unknown artist, in the Uffizi, Florence Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: 1490: • Giovanni Michele Alberto Carrara (born 1438), Italian, Latin-language poet born 1453), Italian, Latin-language poet • Guto'r Glyn, approximate date (born c.1412), Welsh language poet 1494: • November 17 – Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (born 1463), Renaissance humanist and Italian, Latin-language poet • December 20 – Matteo Maria Boiardo (born c. 1434), Italian poet • Galeotto Marzio, died this year or 1497 (born 1427 or 1428), Italian, Latin-language poet • Angelo Poliziano, (born 1454), Italian, Latin-language poet 1495: • Ermolao Barbaro, sources differ in his death year, with some simply giving 1493 and others stating that either that year or this year is possible (born 1453), Italian, Latin-language poet • C. Aurelio Cambini died sometime after 1494 (born c. 1463), Italian, Latin-language poet 1496: • Callimaco Esperiente (born 1437), Italian, Latin-language poet 1497: • Galeotto Marzio died this year or 1494 (born 1427/1428), Italian, Latin-language poet 1498: • Rodrigo Cota de Maguaque (born unknown), Spanish poet • Diego de San Pedro (born 1437), Castilian writer and poet • Cristoforo Landino (born 1424), Italian, Latin-language poet • Conor Carragh Ó Curnín (born unknown), Irish poet 1499: • Quinto Emiliano Cimbriaco died about this year (born 1449), Italian, Latin-language poet • Probo de Marianis (born 1455), Italian, Latin-language poet • Jeronim Vidulić (birth year unknown), Croatian Renaissance poet ==See also==