1370s in poetry
Appearance
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
[edit]1374:
- April 23 – English writer Geoffrey Chaucer is granted a gallon of wine a day for the rest of his life by order of King Edward III of England in recognition of his services.
Works published
[edit]1375:
- Barbour composes The Brus under the probable commission of Robert II in Scotland. The poem is an innovative blend of vernacular romance and chronicle genres.
Births
[edit]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:
1370:
- Andrea da Barberino (died 1431), Italian writer and poet
- John Lydgate (died 1451), English monk and poet
- Felip de Malla (died 1431), Catalan prelate, theologian, scholastic, orator, classical scholar, and poet
1375:
- Andreu Febrer (died 1444), Catalan Spanish translator of the Divine Comedy
1377:
- Nund Reshi (died 1440), Indian, Kashmiri-language poet
Deaths
[edit]Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
1370:
- Vedanta Desika (born 1269), poet, devotee, philosopher and master-teacher
1372:
- Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin, Irish poet
1374:
- Gao Qi (born 1336), Chinese poet of the Ming dynasty
- Petrarch (born 1304), Italian scholar, poet and one of the earliest Renaissance humanists
1375:
- Chūgan Engetsu (born 1300), Japanese poet, occupies a prominent place in Japanese Literature of the Five Mountains
1377:
- Guillaume de Machaut (born c. 1300) French poet and composer, perhaps the most influential composer of the Middle Ages
See also
[edit]- Poetry
- 14th century in poetry
- 14th century in literature
- List of years in poetry
- Grands Rhétoriqueurs
- French Renaissance literature
- Renaissance literature
- Spanish Renaissance literature
Other events:
15th century: