Emilia Lanier

Emilia Lanier / Emilia Lanyer
Portrait by Nicholas Hilliard, suggested to be Lanier[1]
Born
Aemilia Bassano

1569
Died1645 (aged 75–76)
London, England
MovementEnglish Renaissance
Spouse
Alfonso Lanier
(died 1613)
Parents
  • Baptiste Bassano
  • Margret Johnson

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".

Hilliard Miniature
  1. ^ "An Unknown Woman". Victoria and Albert Museum. 1590. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Æmilia Lanyer". Poetry Foundation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021. 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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