1520 in literature

Template:Short description Template:Year nav topic5 Template:Use British English This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1520.

Events

• unknown dates
  • Scholars at Complutense University, Alcalá de Henares, under the direction of Diego Lopez de Zúñiga, complete the Complutensian Polyglot Bible.
  • Ulrich von Hutten's satirical poem Aufwecker der teutschen Nation (Awakener of the German Nation) is published – his earliest work in German.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

New books

Prose

• Hochstratus Ovans
• Martin Luther
  • To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation (An den christlichen Adel deutscher Nation)
  • On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church (De captivitate Babylonica ecclesiae praeludium)
  • On the Freedom of a Christian
• Niccolò Machiavelli – Discourse on Reforming the Government of Florence (Discorso sopra il riformare lo stato di Firenze)
• Shin Maha Thilawuntha – Yazawin Kyaw (Burmese), supplement
• Ruyijun zhuan (claimed completion date)

Drama

• John Heywood – Johan Johan The Husband
• Approximate year – Niccolò Machiavelli: Andria

Poetry

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• Terence (translated) – Terens in Englysh (published in Paris)<ref name=CHEPD/>
• Approximate year
  • John Lydgate – Testament<ref name=COCEL>Template:Cite book</ref>
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  • The Squire of Low Degree (written c. 1500; published in London by Wynkyn de Worde)<ref name=COCEL/>

Births

• March 3 – Matthias Flacius, German Lutheran theologian (died 1575)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• unknown date
  • François Baudouin, French humanist historian (died 1573)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Natalis Comes, Italian mythologist, poet and historian (died 1582)
  • Denis Lambin, French classicist (died 1572)
• probable
  • Hernando de Acuña, Spanish poet (died 1580)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Giovanni Bona de Boliris, Italian humanist, poet and writer, writing in Latin and Italian (died 1572)
  • Thomas Churchyard, English author and poet (died 1604)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Pernette Du Guillet, French poet (died 1545)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Jorge de Montemor, Portuguese novelist and poet, writing in Spanish (died 1561)
  • Christophe Plantin, French-born Dutch humanist and printer (died 1589)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Madeleine Des Roches (Madeleine Neveu), French author, poet and salonnière (died 1587)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Alexander Scott, Scottish poet (died 1582/83)
  • Georg Thym, German teacher, poet and writer (died 1560)

Deaths

• March 16 – Martin Waldseemüller, German humanist and cartographer (born c.1470)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• May 31 – Johannes Aesticampianus, German humanist theologian (born 1457)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• unknown date – William Dunbar, Scottish poet (born 1459/60)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>