1523 in poetry

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Works published

 * Alexander Barclay, The Mirror of Good Manners, publication year uncertain, translated from Dominic Mancini's De quatuor virtutibus, in English and Latin; London: Richard Pynson
 * Hans Sachs, die Wittenbergische Nachtigall, allegorical story in verse in praise of Luther
 * John Skelton, The Garland of Laurel

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * February 20 – Jan Blahoslav (died 1571), Czech poet and translator
 * Approximate date – Girolamo Maggi (died 1572), Italian scholar, jurist, poet, military engineer, urban planner, philologist, archaeologist, mathematician and naturalist

Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * Stephen Hawes, death year uncertain, birth year unknown; English
 * Ulrich von Hutten (born 1488), German
 * Faustino Perisauli (born 1450), Italian, Latin-language poet
 * Tang Yin died this year, according to some sources, or 1524 according to others (born 1470), Chinese poet, painter and calligrapher