1551 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1551.

Events

• Juan de Betanzos begins to write his "Narrative of the Incas".
• An edition of the Book of Common Prayer printed by Humphrey Powell, de facto King's Printer in Dublin, becomes the first book printed in Ireland.
• The first English language translation of Thomas More's Utopia (first published in Latin 1516), made by Ralph Robinson, is published in London.

New books

• Bishop Mikael Agricola - Abckiria, second edition
• John Calvin - De Scandalis
• Bartolomé de las Casas - Historia general de las Indias
• Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski - Commentariorum De Republica emendanda libri quinque ("Five Books of Commentaries on the Improvement of Commonwealth")
• Stoglav (Стоглав, Book of One Hundred Chapters), a collection of decisions of the Stoglavy Synod that regulates canon law and ecclesiastical life in the Tsardom of Russia, especially the everyday life and mores of the Russian clergy.^[1]

New drama

• Ludovico Ariosto (died 1533) - I suppositi (first publication in verse)
• Marin Držić - Dundo Maroje
• Hans Sachs - Das heiss Eisen
• Georg Wickram - Tobias

Poetry

• Lorenzo de Sepúlveda - Romances nueuamente sacados de historias antiguas de la crónica de España
• See also 1551 in poetry

Births

• May 2 – William Camden, historian (died 1623)
• Unknown dates
  • Nikollë Bardhi, Albanian writer (died 1617)
  • Bhai Gurdas, Punjabi Sikh writer and preacher (died 1636)
  • Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi, Islamic scholar (died 1642)
  • Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, historian of the Mughal emperor Akbar (died 1602)

Deaths

• January 17 – Pedro Mexía, Spanish Humanist philosopher and historian (born 1497)
• May 6 – Johannes Baptista Montanus, Italian medical writer (born 1498)
• May 17 – Shin Saimdang, Korean artist, calligraphist and poet (born 1504)
• Unknown date – Ludovico Pasquali, Dalmatian Italian poet (born c.1500)

References