1550 in literature

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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1550.

Events

• July 17 - Grant to Humphrey Powell from King Edward VI of England to start printing in Ireland.
• Robert Estienne sets up a printing press in Geneva.
• Approximate date - First publication in book form of the Chinese shenmo fantasy novel Fengshen Yanyi.

New books

• Leandro Alberti - Istoria di Bologna
• Martin Bucer - De regno Christi
• Thomas Cranmer - Defence of the True and Catholic Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ
• Doddayya - Chandraprabha Purana
• Ramamatya - Svaramelakalanidhi
• Richard Sherry - A treatise of Schemes & Tropes
• Primož Trubar - Catechismus and Abecedarium (first books in Slovene)
• The Facetious Nights of Straparola (first European storybook to contain fairy-tales)
• Giorgio Vasari - Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
• Rosary of the Philosophers

New drama

• Thomas Naogeorgus - Agricultura sacra
• Hans Sachs
  • Der fahrende Schüler im Paradies
  • Das Wildbad

Poetry

• See 1550 in poetry

Births

• December 22 – Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (died 1631)
• Unknown dates
  • Wacker von Wackenfels, German diplomat, scholar and author (died 1619)
  • Zang Maoxun, Chinese playwright (died 1620)
• Probable year of birth – Philip Henslowe, Elizabethan theatrical entrepreneur and impresario (died 1616)

Deaths

• February – Marcantonio Flaminio, Latin-language poet (born c.1498)
• December 8 – Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian poet, dramatist and grammarian (born 1478)
• Unknown date – William Lamb alias Paniter, Scottish writer, cleric and lawyer (born c. 1493)