Who wrote the book 'The Shepherds Calendar'?

The Shepherds Calendar, series of poems by Edmund Spenser, was published in 1579 and considered to mark the beginning of the English Renaissance in literature.

Edmund Spenser (1552-99):
He is called the poet of the poets because many later English poets followed his art of poetry.
Works:
-The Faerie Queene (1590)
-The Shepherd's Calendar (1579)

Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman, britannica