Emilia Lanier / Emilia Lanyer | |
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Born | Aemilia Bassano 1569 |
Died | 1645 (aged 75–76) London, England |
Movement | English Renaissance |
Spouse |
Alfonso Lanier (died 1613) |
Parents |
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Emilia Lanier[a] (née Aemilia Bassano; 1569–1645) was the first woman in England to assert herself as a professional poet,[2] through her volume Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (Hail, God, King of the Jews, 1611). Attempts have been made to equate her with Shakespeare's "Dark Lady".
Aemilia Lanyer was the first woman writing in English to produce a substantial volume of poetry designed to be printed and to attract patronage.
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