1515 in literature

Events

• Christoph Froschauer becomes the first printer in Zürich.

New books

Prose

• Martin of Arles – Tractatus de superstitionibus, contra maleficia seu sortilegia quae hodie vigent in orbe terrarum

Drama

• c. 1514–15 – Gian Giorgio Trissino – Sophonisba

Poetry

Main article: 1515 in poetry

• Alexander Barclay (translated from Baptista Mantuanus) – Saint George
• John of Capistrano – Capystranus (published in London)
• Approximate year – Stephen Hawes –

Births

• March 28 – Teresa of Ávila, Spanish Carmelite mystic, saint and poet (died 1582)
• Unknown dates
  • Nicolas Denisot, French poet and painter (died 1559)
  • Brne Karnarutić, Croatian poet and writer (died 1573)
  • Ambrosius Lobwasser, Saxon humanist, translator and psalmist (died 1585)
  • Johann Weyer, Dutch occultist (died 1588)
• probable
  • Roger Ascham, English scholar (died 1568)
  • William Baldwin, English writer, editor and theatrical director (died c. 1563)

Deaths

• February 16 – Aldus Manutius, Italian printer-publisher and poet (born 1449)
• unknown date Jacques Almain, French theologian (year of birth unknown)

References

References

1. (2004). "The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature". Oxford University Press.
2. Cunningham, George Godfrey. (1863). "The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen". A. Fullarton & Company.
3. Edward Robertson. (1950). "Aldus Manutius, the Scholar-printer, 1450-1515". John Rylands Library.
4. P. Rouleau. (1930). "Jean Marre, évêque de Condom (1436-1521)". Revue de Gascogne.