1548 in poetry

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

Great Britain

 * Princess Elizabeth, Mirror of the Sinful Soul (translation of Marguerite de Navarre, Miroir de l'âme pécheresse)
 * Sir David Lindsay (also spelled "David Lyndsay"), The Tragical Death of David Beton Bishoppe of Sainct Andrews [sic], publication year uncertain
 * Luke Shepherd:
 * Antipus
 * Doctour Doubble Ale [sic], publication year uncertain; an anti-Catholic poem
 * John Bon and Mast Person, publication year uncertain; the author was imprisoned twice on account of this work
 * Pathos, publication year uncertain
 * The Upcheering of the Mass

Other

 * Luigi Alamanni, Girone il Cortese, a poetical romance; Italian writer published in Paris, France
 * Anna Bijns, Refrains, Netherlands, second edition (prior edition 1528, subsequent edition 1567)
 * Francisco Robortelli, In Aristotelis poeticam explicationes, commentary reinterpreting Aristotle's Poetics for the humanist; Florence; criticism, (second edition 1555), Italy
 * Thomas Sébillet Art poëtique françoys, on French verse; criticism

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * Luis Barahona de Soto (died 1595), Spanish poet and physician
 * Juraj Baraković (died 1628), Croatian Renaissance poet from Zadar
 * Giles Fletcher, the Elder (born 1548 or 1549) (died 1611), English poet and diplomat
 * Edward Grant (died 1601), English scholar, poet, and headmaster of Westminster School
 * Cornelis Ketel (died 1616), Dutch Mannerist painter, poet and orator
 * Jean de La Ceppède (died 1623), French poet
 * Karel van Mander (died 1606), Flemish-born Dutch painter and poet
 * Geoffrey Whitney (died 1601), English poet
 * Ma Xianglan (died 1604), Chinese artist, playwright, poet and calligrapher; a woman

Deaths
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 * Zâtî (born 1471), Turkish poet who taught and greatly influenced Bâkî
 * John Bellenden (born 1500), English
 * Johannes Dantiscus (born 1485), bishop and poet known as the Father of Polish Diplomacy