1506 in literature
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This article presents a list of literary events and publications during 1506.
Events
- Approximate date – Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto begins writing Orlando Furioso (earliest version published in 1516; first complete version published 1532).
New books
Poetry
Main article: 1506 in poetry
- 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
- About February 1 – 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]
- Approximate year
- Richard Grafton, English chronicler and King's Printer (died 1573)
- Hwang Jini, Korean woman kisaeng and poet (died c. 1560)
Deaths
- May 2 – Johannes von Soest, German composer, theorist and poet (born 1448)
- Unknown date – Mihri Hatun, Ottoman Anatolian female poet
References
- ↑ 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. 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.
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