1460s in poetry
— François Villon, the "Ballade des Dams du Temps Jadis" in Le Grand Testament, 1461 Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events 1462: 10 September – Robert Henryson in Scotland is enrolled as a teacher in the recently founded University of Glasgow. 1463: January – French poet François Villon is reprieved from hanging but never heard of again. Works published 1461: François Villon, Le Grand Testament, lyric poem; France consisting of 173 stanzas containing many ballads, or rondeaux, including "Ballade des dames du Temps Jadis" (see quotation, above) 1463: Matteo Maria Boiardo, Carmina de Laudibus Estensium, Italy 1468: Jami, Haft Owrang ("Seven Thrones"), collection of seven idylls (masnavi); Afghanistan poet who wrote in Persian Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: 1460: Cornelio Paolo Amalteo born about this year (died 1517), Italian, Latin-language poet Alessandro Cortesi (died 1490), Italian, Latin-language poet William Dunbar, born about this year (died c. 1520), Scottish Robert Henryson, year uncertain, Scottish poet who flourished from this year until 1500 Gwerful Mechain born about this year (died 1502), Welsh erotic poet, a woman John Skelton (died 1529), English 1461: February