1613 in literature
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See also: 1612 in literature, other events of 1613, 1614 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- English poet Francis Quarles becomes cupbearer to Princess Elizabeth.
[edit] New books
- Miguel de Cervantes - Exemplary Novels
- Samuel Purchas - Purchas, his Pilgrimage; or, Relations of the World and the Religions observed in all Ages
- Sir Anthony Shirley: his Relation of his Travels into Persia
- Alexander Whitaker - Good Newes from Virginia
[edit] New drama
- Francesco Andreini - L'Adamo
- Elizabeth Tanfield Cary – The Tragedy of Mariam
- George Chapman - The Revenge of Bussy d'Ambois
- Thomas Middleton - A Chaste Maid in Cheapside
- William Shakespeare - Henry VIII
[edit] Poetry
- William Drummond of Hawthornden - Tears on the Death of Moeliades
[edit] Births
- August 15 - Gilles Ménage, classical scholar and historian (died 1692)
- September 15 - François de La Rochefoucauld, writer of maxims and memoirs (died 1680)
- November 5 - Isaac de Benserade, poet (died 1691)
- date unknown - John Cleveland, poet (died 1658)
- date unknown - Henry Killigrew, dramatist (died 1700)
- date unknown - Franciscus Plante, poet (died 1690)
- date unknown - Jeremy Taylor, "the Shakespeare of divines" (died 1667)
- probable - Richard Crashaw, poet (died 1667)
[edit] Deaths
- January 28 - Sir Thomas Bodley, founder of the Bodleian Library (born 1545)
- August 18 - Giovanni Artusi, music theorist (born c1540)
- August 26 - George Owen, antiquarian author (born 1552)
- September 15 - Sir Thomas Overbury, poet and essayist (probably poisoned by Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset) (born 1581)
- October 22 - Mathurin Régnier, satirist (born 1573)
- November 16 - Trajano Boccalini, satirist (born 1556)
- date unknown - Henry Constable, poet (born 1562)
- probable - George Carew, historian
