1671 in poetry

• Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières awarded the first prize given for poetry by the Académie française ==Works published==

• Anonymous, Westminster-Drollery; or, A Choice Collection of the Newest Songs & Poems Both at Court & Theaters (second part published in 1672) • John Milton, ''Paradise Regain'd: A poem [...] To which is added Samson Agonistes, published in May (Samson Agonistes'' published separately in 1681) ==Births==

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • April 6 – Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (died 1741), French poet and epigrammatist • September 7 – Antoine Danchet (died 1748), French playwright, librettist and dramatic poet • September 28 – Sarah Dixon (died 1765), English poet • November 6 – Colley Cibber (died 1757), English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate ==Deaths==

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • April 30 – Fran Krsto Frankopan (born 1643), Croatian poet and politician (executed) • September 28 – Jean de Montigny (born 1636), French philosophic writer and poet • Pierre Le Moyne (born 1602), French Jesuit poet • Sokuhi Nyoitsu (born 1616), Chinese Buddhist monk, poet and calligrapher • Yun Sŏndo (born 1587), Korean poet and government official ==See also==