1526 in poetry

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

Great Britain

 * Geoffrey Chaucer, posthumously published:
 * The Canterbury Tales, the Pynson edition (see Canturbyry Tales 1477)
 * The House of Fame, publication year uncertain, Pynson edition (see also The House of Fame 1483)
 * Troilus and Criseyde, publication year uncertain, published anonymously, Pynson edition (see also Troilus and Criseyde 1483)

Italy

 * Giorgio Anselmo, six books of epigrams, octavo volumes, Parma; in Latin
 * Teofilo Folengo, writing under the pen name "Limerno Pitocco (Merlin the Beggar) da Mantova", Orlandino, a poem of eight cantos, written in rhymed octaves
 * Jacopo Sannazaro:
 * De Partu Virginis ("The Virgin's Childbirth"), epic, religious poem
 * Piscatoria ("Piscatorial Eclogues"), five books are extant and a fragmentary version of a sixth book

Other

 * Shin Maha Rahtathara, Kogan Pyo, Burma

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * Mahmud Abdülbâkî (محمود عبد الباقى), known by his pen name "Bâḳî" (باقى), Ottoman Turk (died 1600)
 * Tani Soyo 谷宗養 (died 1563), Japanese renga poet; a rival of Satomura Joha; son of Tani Sobuko

Deaths
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 * Jean Marot died about this year (born c. 1450), French poet and father of poet Clément Marot