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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
1374:
- April 23 – English writer Geoffrey Chaucer is granted a gallon of wine a day for the rest of his life by order of King Edward III of England in recognition of his services.
Works published
1375:
- Barbour composes The Brus under the probable commission of Robert II in Scotland. The poem is an innovative blend of vernacular romance and chronicle genres.
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:
1370:
- Andrea da Barberino (died 1431), Italian writer and poet
- John Lydgate (died 1451), English monk and poet
- Felip de Malla (died 1431), Catalan prelate, theologian, scholastic, orator, classical scholar, and poet
1375:
- Andreu Febrer (died 1444), Catalan Spanish translator of the Divine Comedy
1377:
- Nund Reshi (died 1440), Indian, Kashmiri-language poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
1370:
- Vedanta Desika (born 1269), poet, devotee, philosopher and master-teacher
1372:
- Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin, Irish poet
1374:
- Gao Qi (born 1336), Chinese poet of the Ming dynasty
- Petrarch (born 1304), Italian scholar, poet and one of the earliest Renaissance humanists
1375:
- Chūgan Engetsu (born 1300), Japanese poet, occupies a prominent place in Japanese Literature of the Five Mountains
1377:
- Guillaume de Machaut (born c. 1300) French poet and composer, perhaps the most influential composer of the Middle Ages
See also
- Poetry
- 14th century in poetry
- 14th century in literature
- List of years in poetry
- Grands Rhétoriqueurs
- French Renaissance literature
- Renaissance literature
- Spanish Renaissance literature
Other events:
15th century:
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