1521 in literature

Events

• June 29 or 30 – Neacșu's letter: oldest surviving dateable document written primarily in the Romanian language (in the Romanian Cyrillic alphabet).
• August 13 – Marko Marulić's poem Judita ("Judith", written 1501), a landmark in Croatian literature, is printed in Venice by Guglielmo da Fontaneto.

Marko Marulić's Judita

New books

• Jacopo Berengario da Carpi – Commentaria cum amplissimus additionibus super anatomiam Mundini (published in Bologna), containing the first printed anatomical illustrations taken from nature
• Goražde Psalter
• Henry VIII of England – Defence of the Seven Sacraments (Assertio Septem Sacramentorum)
• Niccolò Machiavelli – The Art of War (Dell'arte della guerra)
• Piri Reis – Kitab-ı Bahriye

New poetry

• Alexander Barclay – The Boke of Codrus and Mynalcas, the author's "Fourth Eclog"^[1]
• Henry Bradshaw – The Life of St. Werburgh^[1]
• Andrew Chertsey, The Passyon of Oure Lorde, translated from French with additional verses inserted and introductory poem by Robert Copland (published in London by Wynkyn de Worde)^[1]
• Christmas Carols, including "A caroll of huntynge" and "A carol bringyng in the bores heed"^[1]
• Robert Copland – Introductory verse to The Myrrour & the Chyrche (published in London by Wynkyn de Worde)^[2]
• Approximate date
  • A boke of a Ghoostly fader ("A Book of a Ghostly Father", published in London by Wynkyn de Worde)^[1][2]
  • John Skelton, "The Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng"^[1][3]

Births

• Sir Thomas Chaloner the elder, English statesman and poet (died 1565)
• Xu Wei, Chinese painter, poet and dramatist (died 1593)
• Approximate date
  • Anne Askew, English poet and Protestant martyr (burned at the stake 1546)
  • Jorge de Montemor, Portuguese novelist and poet writing in Spanish (died 1561)
  • Pontus de Tyard, French poet and priest, a member of La Pléiade (died 1605)

Deaths

• May 10 – Sebastian Brant, German satirical poet and humanist (born c.1457)

References