1587 in poetry

• Jean-Antoine de Baif awarded the Golden Apollo by the Jeux Floraux de Toulouse, in France • French King Henri of Navarre sends Guillaume Du Bartas on a diplomatic mission to Scotland and England. ==Works published==

===Great Britain=== • Thomas Churchyard, The Worthiness of Wales, mostly verse • Angel Day, Daphnis and Chloe, prose and poetry; a translation from the French of Jacques Amyot • Cristóbal de Virués, El Monserrate, Spain • Jean Papire Masson, a book on the lives of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, published in Paris, France ==Births==

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • September 18 – Francesca Caccini (died 1641), Italian early Baroque composer, singer, lutenist, poet and music teacher • October 18 – Lady Mary Wroth (died c. 1651), English poet • November 17 – Joost van den Vondel (died 1679), Dutch writer considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century • Also: • Francis Kynaston (died 1642), English courtier, poet and translator • Yun Sŏndo (died 1671), Korean poet and government official ==Deaths==

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • February 8 – Mary, Queen of Scots (born 1542), deposed queen regnant and occasional French-language poet, executed • November – Madeleine Des Roches (born c. 1520) and her daughter, Catherine Des Roches (born 1542), both died of an epidemic on the same day; together they collectively published French prose and poetry; the two hosted a literary circle which included Scévole de Sainte-Marthe, Barnabé Brisson, René Chopin, Antoine Loisel, Claude Binet, Nicolas Rapin and Odet de Turnèbe • date not known – George Whetstone died about this year (born c. 1544), English playwright, poet and author (see "Works published" section) ==See also==