1555 in literature

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Contents

1 Events
2 New books
3 New drama
4 Poetry
5 Births
6 Deaths

Events

Portuguese humanist writer Achilles Statius relocates to Rome.
Roger Taverner is elected to Parliament.
John Hooker becomes chamberlain of Exeter.
The Facetious Nights of Straparola, originally published in 1550-1553, appear for the first time in a single volume.

New books

Gjon Buzuku - Meshari (first book published in the Albanian language)
Fracastoro - Naugerius
Alonso de Molina - Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana
Olaus Magnus - Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus
Jacques Peletier du Mans - L'Art poetique ("The Art of Poetry")
Georg Wickram - Das Rollwagenbuchlein

New drama

Poetry

Joachim du Bellay - Les Regrets

Births

June 11 - Lodovico Zacconi, theologian and music writer (d. 1627)
December 27 - Johann Arndt, theologian (d. 1621)
date unknown
- Lancelot Andrewes, clergyman and scholar (d. 1626)
- Richard Carew, translator and antiquary (d. 1620)
- John Doddridge, lawyer, politician, antiquarian and writer (d. 1628)
- Moderata Fonte, writer of romance and religious poetry (d. 1592)
- François de Malherbe, poet, critic and translator (d. 1628)

Deaths

February 9 - Christian Egenolff, printer and publisher (b. 1502)
April 18 - Polydore Vergil, Tudor historian (b. c. 1470)
July 2 - Girolamo dai Libri, illuminator of manuscripts (b. c. 1475)