1569 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1569.

Events

• Publication of the first complete Spanish translation of the Bible, Reina-Valera (the Bible of the Bear)
• Performance of the 14th-century York Mystery Plays in England is suppressed.

New books

Births

• January 2 – Heribert Rosweyde, Netherlandish hagiographer (died 1629)
• April 16 – Sir John Davies, English poet (died 1626)
• c. December? – Henry Ainsworth, English theologian (died 1622)
• Unknown dates
  • Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Spanish dramatist (died 1631)
  • Heo Gyun, Korean politician, scholar, and writer (died 1618)
  • Emilia Lanier, English poet (died 1645)
  • Hieronymus Medices, Italian philosopher and editor of work of Thomas Aquinas
  • Piotr Zbylitowski, Polish poet and satirist (died 1649)
• Probable year of birth – Barnabe Barnes, English poet and dramatist (baptised 1571; died 1609)

Deaths

• January 20 – Myles Coverdale, English Bible translator (born c. 1488)
• May 10 – Saint John of Avila, Spanish preacher and author (born 1500)
• September 5 – Bernardo Tasso, Italian poet (born 1493)
• September/October – Mikołaj Rej, Polish poet and author (born 1505)
• October 20 – João de Barros, Portuguese historian (born 1496)
• November 29 – António Ferreira, Portuguese poet (born 1528)
• Unknown date – Georg Pictorius, German physician and author (born c. 1500)