Overview of the events of 1638 in poetry
Overview of the events of 1638 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 24 – Charles Fitzgeoffrey (born 1576), English poet and clergyman
- February 25 – Sir Robert Aytoun (born 1570), Scottish poet
- June 25 – Juan Pérez de Montalbán (born 1602), Spanish priest, dramatist, poet and novelist
- August 27 – John Hoskins (born 1566), English poet, classicist, judge and politician
- December 8 – Ivan Gundulić (born 1589), Croatian Baroque poet
- c. December? – John Day (born 1574), English playwright and poet
- Daulat Qazi (born 1600), Bengali poet