1515 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1515.
Events
[edit]- Christoph Froschauer becomes the first printer in Zürich.
New books
[edit]Prose
[edit]- Martin of Arles – Tractatus de superstitionibus, contra maleficia seu sortilegia quae hodie vigent in orbe terrarum
Drama
[edit]- c. 1514–15 – Gian Giorgio Trissino – Sophonisba
Poetry
[edit]- Alexander Barclay (translated from Baptista Mantuanus) – Saint George[1]
- John of Capistrano – Capystranus (published in London)
- Approximate year – Stephen Hawes – The Comforte of Lovers[1]
Births
[edit]- March 28 – Teresa of Ávila, Spanish Carmelite mystic, saint and poet (died 1582)
- Unknown dates
- Nicolas Denisot, French poet and painter (died 1559)
- Brne Karnarutić, Croatian poet and writer (died 1573)
- Ambrosius Lobwasser, Saxon humanist, translator and psalmist (died 1585)
- Johann Weyer, Dutch occultist (died 1588)
- probable
- Roger Ascham, English scholar (died 1568)[2]
- William Baldwin, English writer, editor and theatrical director (died c. 1563)
Deaths
[edit]- February 16 – Aldus Manutius, Italian printer-publisher and poet (born 1449)[3]
- unknown date Jacques Almain, French theologian (year of birth unknown)[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
- ^ Cunningham, George Godfrey (1863). The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen. A. Fullarton & Company. p. 739.
- ^ Edward Robertson (1950). Aldus Manutius, the Scholar-printer, 1450-1515. John Rylands Library.
- ^ P. Rouleau (1930). "Jean Marre, évêque de Condom (1436-1521)". Revue de Gascogne (in French). XXV.