1577 in poetry

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

Events

 * December 4 – John of the Cross (Juan de Yepes) is imprisoned in Toledo, Spain. During his imprisonment he composes his Spiritual Canticle (Cántico Espiritual).

Great Britain

 * Nicholas Breton:
 * The Works of a Young Wit
 * A Flourish upon Fancy
 * John Grange, The Golden Aphroditis, poetry and prose

Other

 * Philippe Desportes, an edition of his works; France
 * Guillaume Du Bartas, La Semaine, ou Création du Monde, France
 * Eoghan O'Duffy, tr. by John O'Daly (1864), The Apostasy of Myler Magrath, Archbishop of Cashel, Cashel, County Tipperary. Composed as Irish bardic poetry in 1577.

Births

 * March – George Sandys (died 1644), English traveller, colonist and poet
 * November 10 – Jacob Cats (died 1660), Dutch poet

Deaths

 * March 6 – Rémy Belleau (born 1528), French poet and member of La Pléiade
 * April 21 – Girolamo Parabosco (born c. 1524), Italian poet and musician
 * August 12 – Sir Thomas Smith (born 1513), English scholar, diplomat and poet
 * October 7 – George Gascoigne (born c. 1535), English poet who died while a guest at George Whetstone's family manor of Walcot at Barnack, near Stamford, Lincolnshire; Whetstone commemorated his friend in a long elegy.
 * Also:
 * Annibale Cruceio (born 1509), Italian, Latin-language poet