1579 in poetry

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

• January 28 - Burmese poets Nawrahta Minsaw and Hsinbyushin Medaw become king and queen consort of Lanna
• Italian poet Torquato Tasso is confined in the Ospedale di Sant'Anna in Ferrara as insane; he remains here until 1586.

• March 24 –Tirso de Molina (died 1648), Spanish Baroque dramatist and poet
• August 1 –Luis Vélez de Guevara (died 1644), Spanish dramatist, poet and novelist
• September 16 –Samuel Coster (died 1665), Dutch playwright and poet
• December 20 (bapt.)–John Fletcher (died 1625), English playwright and poet
• Arthur Johnston (died 1641), Scottish poet and physician
• Rhys Prichard (died 1644), Welsh language poet and Anglican vicar

• September 28 –Márton Rakovszky (born 1535), Slovak poet and scholar
• 11月21日–チプリアーノ・ピッコルパッソ（ 1524年生まれ）、イタリアの詩人、作家

• 詩
• 16世紀の詩
• 16世紀の文学
• オランダ・ルネサンスおよび黄金時代の文学
• エリザベス朝文学
• フランス・ルネサンス文学
• ルネサンス文学
• スペイン・ルネサンス文学