1529 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1529.

Events

• Paracelsus starts to write Paragranum.

New books

• Henry Cornelius Agrippa - Declamatio de nobilitate et praecellentia foeminei sexus
• Hans Luft - A Proper Dialogue Between A Gentleman and a Husbandman
• Martin Luther
  • Luther's Small Catechism (Der Kleine Katechismus)
  • On War Against the Turk (Vom Kriege wider die Türken)
• Philipp Melanchthon - Commentary on the Colossians (with foreword by Martin Luther)
• John Rastell - The Pastyme of People, the Chronydes of dyvers Realmys and most specially of the Realme of England

Births

• February 23 – Onofrio Panvinio, Italian historian and antiquary (died 1568)
• June 7 – Étienne Pasquier, French poet and author (died 1615)
• December 11 – Fulvio Orsini, Italian humanist historian (died 1600)
• Unknown date – George Puttenham, English writer and critic (died 1590)

Deaths

• February 2 – Baldassare Castiglione, Italian poet and author (born 1478)
• June 21 – John Skelton, English poet (born c. 1460)
• Unknown dates
  • Richard Pynson, French-born English printer (born 1448)
  • Paulus Aemilius Veronensis, Italian historian (born c. 1455)