1526 in poetry

• Geoffrey Chaucer, posthumously published:
  • The Canterbury Tales, the Pynson edition (see Canturbyry Tales 1477)^[1]
  • The House of Fame, publication year uncertain, Pynson edition (see also The House of Fame 1483)^[1]
  • Troilus and Criseyde, publication year uncertain, published anonymously, Pynson edition (see also Troilus and Criseyde 1483)^[1]

• Giorgio Anselmo, six books of epigrams, octavo volumes, Parma; in Latin^[2]
• 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^[3]
  • Piscatoria ("Piscatorial Eclogues"), five books are extant and a fragmentary version of a sixth book^[3]

• Shin Maha Rahtathara, Kogan Pyo, Burma^[4]

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

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

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

• Poetry
• 16th century in poetry
• 16th century in literature
• French Renaissance literature
• Renaissance literature
• Spanish Renaissance literature