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Emilia Lanier / Emilia Lanyer | |
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 Portrait by Nicholas Hilliard, suggested to be Lanier[1] | |
| Born | Aemilia Bassano 1569 |
| Died | 1645 (aged 75–76) London, England |
| Movement | English Renaissance |
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Alfonso Lanier (died 1613) |
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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".
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- ^ "An Unknown Woman". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "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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