1550 in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1550.
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Events
- July 17 – King Edward VI of England gives Humphrey Powell a grant to start printing in Ireland.[1]
Uncertain dates
- Robert Estienne sets up a printing press in Geneva.
- The first book in Slovene, Catechismus, is written by Protestant reformer Primož Trubar and printed in Schwäbisch Hall, Holy Roman Empire, followed by his Abecedarium.
- Nostradamus' first almanac is written.
- The Chinese shenmo fantasy novel Fengshen Yanyi is first published in book form.[2]
New books
Prose
- 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
- Louis Maigret – Traité de la Grammaire française (the first grammatical description of French)
- Ramamatya – Svaramelakalanidhi (treatise on music)
- Richard Sherry – A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes
- Primož Trubar
- The Facetious Nights of Straparola (the first European storybook of fairy tales)
- Giorgio Vasari – Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
- Rosary of the Philosophers
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)
Uncertain dates
- Wacker von Wackenfels, German diplomat, scholar and author (died 1619)
- Zang Maoxun, Chinese playwright (died 1620)
Probable year
- 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)
Uncertain date
- William Lamb alias Paniter, Scottish writer, cleric and lawyer (born c. 1493)
References
- Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
- Haase, Donald (2008). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales: A-F. Greenwood Publishing. p. 340. ISBN 0-313-33442-0.
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