1517 in literature
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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1517.
Events
- August 6 – Belarusian printer Francysk Skaryna in Prague begins publishing The Psalter, a Bible translation into the Ruthenian language.
- John of Hauville's Architrenius (c. 1184), a widely read Latin poem in 4,361 hexameters in nine books, is first printed by Jodocus Badius in Paris.[1]
- Niccolò Machiavelli writes L'asino ("The [Golden] Ass").
New drama
New poetry
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- Teofilo Folengo (as "Merlin Cocaio") – Opus Maccaronicum, including "Baldo" (satiric verses blending Latin and Italian dialects in hexameters)[2]
- John Skelton – The Tunnynge of Elynour Rummyng[2][3]
Births
- July 25 – Jacques Pelletier du Mans, French humanist poet and mathematician (died 1582)
- Unknown dates
- Robert Crowley, English printer, poet, polemicist and Protestant clergyman (died 1588)
- Henry Howard, English nobleman and poet (died 1547)
Deaths
- August – Andrea Ammonio, Italian, Latin-language poet (sweating sickness, born 1478)[4]
