1520 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Great Britain

 * Anonymous, publication year conjectural, Alexander the Great
 * Anonymous, A boke of a Ghoostly fader [sic] ("A Book of a Ghostly Father"), London: Wynkyn de Worde; (1521 has also been suggested as the most likely year of publication )
 * John Constable, Epigrammata
 * Robert Copland, L'enuoy of Robert Coplande [sic], London: Wynkyn de Worde
 * Anonymous, publication year conjectural, The Squire of Low Degree, also known as Undo Your Dore [sic], written about 1500
 * Anonymous, Terens in Englysh [sic], a translation of Terence, Paris
 * Christopher Goodwyn, A Lytell Prosses [sic], London: Wynkyn de Worde
 * William Hendred, publication year conjectural, The Pilgrimage of Mankind
 * John Lydgate, publication year conjectural, Testament
 * William Walter (poet), The Spectacle of Louers, London: Wynkyn de Worde

Other

 * Ulrich von Hutten, Aufwecker der teutschen Nation, a satiric poem, the author's earliest work in German

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * Hernando de Acuña born about this year (died 1580), Spanish
 * Giovanni Bona de Boliris (died 1572), Humanist, poet and writer, who wrote in Latin and Italian
 * Thomas Churchyard, birth year uncertain (died 1604), English author and poet
 * Natalis Comes (died 1582), Italian mythographer, poet and historian
 * Pernette Du Guillet (died 1545), French
 * William Lauder, year uncertain (died 1573), Scottish cleric, playwright, and poet
 * Madeleine Des Roches born about this year (died 1587), French author and poet who published works jointly with her daughter, Catherine Des Roches; the two also hosted a literary salon which included Scévole de Sainte-Marthe, Barnabé Brisson, René Chopin, Antoine Loisel, Claude Binet, Nicolas Rapin and Odet de Turnèbe
 * Alexander Scott (died 1582/1583), Scottish
 * Georg Thym born about this year (died 1560), German teacher, poet and writer

Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * William Dunbar, death year uncertain (born c. 1460), Scottish
 * William Hendred (born 1470), English