Luigi Pulci, Morgante, sometimes also called Morgante Maggiore (the "Greater Morgante", the name give to the complete 28 canto edition) published in final form this year (see also the shorter versions published in 1473, 1481 and 1482); Italy
Sogi, Poem of One Hundred Links Composed by Three Poets at Minase, Japan
1489:
François Villon, Le Grant Testament Villon et le petit. Son codicille. Le jargon & ses ballades, this was the first publication of various poems of the author, although some are incomplete; includes Poems 1–6 of his "Ballades en jargon"Paris: Pierre Levet (Poems 7–11 were first published in 1892), France[6]
Births
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Girolamo Angeriano, also known as "Hieronymus Angerianus" born sometime between about 1470 and about 1490 (died 1535), Italian, Latin-language poet;[7] sources differ on his birth year, with some stating 1470,[7][8] others giving "c. 1480"[9][10] and another c. 1490 [11]
Giovanni Cotta, born about this year (died 1510), Italian, Latin-language poet[7]
Rupa Goswami (died 1564), Hindu devotional teacher, poet, and philosopher
Deaths
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1480:
December 14 – Niccolò Perotti, also known as "Perotto" or "Nicolaus Perottus" (born 1430, according to some sources,[7] or 1429, according to others,[13] or either year, according to still others)[14]Italian humanist, translator, author of one of the first modern Latin school grammars, and Latin-language poet[7]
Approximate date – Narsinh Mehta, alternate spelling: Narasingh Mehta (born c. 1414), Indian, Gujarati-language Hindu poet-saint notable as a bhakta, an exponent of Hindu devotional religious poetry; acclaimed as Adi Kavi (Sanskrit for "first among poets") of Gujarat, where he is especially revered
Ōta Dōkan (born 1432), Japanese samurai warrior-poet, military tactician and Buddhist monk; said to have been a skilled poet, but only fragments of his verse survive
1487:
1488:
Andronico Callisto, died sometime after 1487, Italian, Latin-language poet[7]