1542 in literature

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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1542.

Events

• The diary begun by Luca Landucci is completed by an unknown hand.
• Earliest known example of written Romani language.

New books

• Paul Fagius – Liber Fidei seu Veritatis
• Edward Hall – The Union of the Two Noble and Illustrate Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke

Poetry

• See 1542 in poetry

Births

• December – Catherine Des Roches, French poet and writer (died 1587)
• Unknown date – John of the Cross (Juan de Yepes y Álvarez), Castilian poet and friar (died 1591)

Deaths

• June 14 – Christoph von Scheurl, German humanist writer (born 1481)
• October 11 – Sir Thomas Wyatt, English poet (born 1503)
• Unknown date – Lucas Fernández, Spanish dramatist and musician who wrote in the Leonese language (born c. 1474)