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1506 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1506.
Events edit
- unknown date – Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto begins writing Orlando Furioso (earliest version published in 1516; first complete version published 1532).
New books edit
Poetry edit
- Publio Fausto Andrelini – Eclogues
- William Dunbar – The Dance of the Sevin Deidly Synnis[1]
- Stephen Hawes – The Passtyme of Pleasure
- Niccolò Machiavelli – The First Decade (Decennale primo)
Births edit
- February 1 (approximate) – George Buchanan, Scottish humanist historian, scholar and poet (died 1582)
- August 12 – Franciscus Sonnius, Dutch counter-Reformation theologian (died 1576)
- October – Louis de Blois, Flemish mystical writer (died 1566)
- December 8 – Veit Dietrich, German theologian, writer and reformer (died 1549)
- Unknown dates
- Abderrahman El Majdoub, North African poet, Sufi and mystic[2]
- Michael Helding (Sidonius), Roman Catholic bishop, scholar, writer and humanist (died 1561)[3]
- probable
- Richard Grafton, English chronicler and King's Printer (died 1573)
- Hwang Jini, Korean woman kisaeng and poet (died c. 1560)
Deaths edit
- February 16 – Jakub of Gostynin, Polish philosopher (born c.1454)[4]
- May 2 – Johannes von Soest, German composer, theorist and poet (born 1448)
- unknown date – Mihri Hatun, Ottoman Anatolian female poet
References edit
- ^ Trager, James (1979). The People's Chronology. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
- ^ Boum, Aomar (2008). "Abderrahman, El Majdoub". In Akyeampong, Emmanuel K.; Gates, Henry Louis Jr (eds.). Dictionary of African Biography. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
- ^ Paul Tschackert: Helding, Michael. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Band 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, S. 164–166.
- ^ Jerzy Wyrozumski (1993). Das 500jährige Jubiläum der Krakauer Studienzeit von Nicolaus Copernicus (in German). Secesja. p. 82. ISBN 978-83-85739-01-2.