1611 in literature
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See also: 1610 in literature, other events of 1611, 1612 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
[edit] New books
- Thomas Coryat - Coryat's Crudities hastily gobbled up in Five Months Travels in France, Italy, &c
- John Donne - An Anatomy of the World
- King James Version of the Bible
[edit] New drama
- Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher - Cupid's Revenge
- Beaumont and Fletcher - The Captain
- Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton - The Roaring Girle
- Thomas Dekker - If This Be Not a Good Play, the Devil Is In It
- Ben Jonson - Catiline His Conspiracy
- William Shakespeare - The Tempest
- John Webster - The White Devil
[edit] Births
- September 1 - William Cartwright, dramatist (died 1643)
- October 26 - Antonio Coello, dramatist and poet (died 1652)
- date unknown - Richard Alleine, religious writer (died 1681)
- date unknown - Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy, writer on art (died 1665)
- date unknown - Thomas Urquhart, translator (died c1660)
- probable - Jean François Sarrazin, satirist (died 1654)
[edit] Deaths
- June 8 - Jean Bertaut, poet (born 1552)
- September 22 - Pedro de Ribadeneira, ecclesiastical historian (born 1527)
- date unknown - Benet Canfield, mystical writer (born 1562)
- date unknown - Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, historian (born 1563)
- date unknown - Martin Ruland the younger, alchemist and editor of his father's writings
