1590 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Poetry 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

• The Children of Paul's, a troupe of boy players, are banned from performing because of the involvement of their chief script-writer, John Lyly, in the Marprelate controversy.

[edit] New books

• Thomas Lodge - Rosalynde
• Thomas Nashe - An Almond for a Parrat

[edit] New drama

• Christopher Marlowe - Tamburlaine (both parts published)
• George Peele - Famous Chronicle of King Edward the First
• Robert Wilson - The Three Lords and Three Ladies of London (published)

[edit] Poetry

• Sir Philip Sidney - Arcadia
• Edmund Spenser - The Faerie Queene, Books 1-3

[edit] Births

• March 18 - Manuel de Faria e Sousa, historian and poet (d. 1649)
• June 24 - Samuel Ampzing, poet (d. 1632)
• July 26 - Johannes Crellius, theologian (d. 1633)
• September 12 - María de Zayas, poet and dramatist (d. 1661)
• October 11 - William Pynchon, theologian (d. 1662)
• date unknown
  • Alonso Andrada, biographer (d. 1672)
  • Thomas Carve, historian (d. c. 1672)
  • Faqi Tayran, Kurdish poet (d. 1660)
  • Grigore Ureche, chronicler (d. 1647)
  • Théophile de Viau, poet and dramatist (d. 1626)

[edit] Deaths

• February 1 - Lawrence Humphrey, theologian (b. c. 1527)
• March - Petru Cercel, Wallachian prince and poet
• July - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, poet (b. 1544)
• November 23 - André Thévet, cosmographer (b. 1502)
• November 29 - Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, poet and dramatist (b. 1547)
• December 5 - Johann Habermann, theologian (b. 1516)
• date unknown
  • Jakob Andreae, theologian (b. 1528)
  • Robert Garnier, poet (b. 1544)