1594 in literature explained
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1594.
Events
New books
Prose
Drama
Poetry
See main article: 1594 in poetry.
Births
Deaths
- c. February 7 – Barnabe Googe, English poet (born 1540)
- April 29 – Thomas Cooper, English lexicographer, controversialist and bishop (born c. 1517)
- May 30 – Bálint Balassi, Hungarian lyric poet (born 1554)
- June 3 – John Aylmer, English constitutionalist, translator and bishop (born 1521)
- July – Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (born 1519)
- c. July 16 – Thomas Kyd, English dramatist (born 1558)[2]
- November 29 – Alonso de Ercilla, Spanish noble, soldier and epic poet (born 1533)
Notes and References
- Book: Orgel, Stephen . The Jonsonian Masque . registration . Cambridge, Massachusetts . Harvard University Press . 1965 . 9.
- Book: Christopher Marlowe. R. H. Case. The Works and Life of Christopher Marlowe. 1966. Gordian Press. 55.