1504 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1504.
Events
- Unknown dates
- Walloon poet Jean Lemaire de Belges joins the court of Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy.
- Aldus Manutius publishes his edition of Demosthenes in Venice.
New books
Prose
- Pomponius Gauricus â De sculptura et pictura antiquorum[1]
- Jacopo Sannazaro â Arcadia (romance)
Drama
- Beunans Meriasek (in Cornish)
Poetry
- Pierre Gringore â Les Abus du monde
- Thomas More â Fortune Verses (c. 1504)[2]
Births
- October 29 â Shin Saimdang, Korean calligrapher and poet (died 1551)
- November â Giovanni Battista Giraldi ("Cinthio"), Italian novelist and poet (died 1573)
- c. December â Nicholas Udall, English schoolmaster playwright (died 1556)[3]
- unknown date â Ranabai, Hindu mystical poet (died 1570)
Deaths
- August 28 â John Paston, English gentleman, author and recipient of some of the Paston Letters (born 1444)[4]
- September 24 â Bartolomeo della Rocca ("Cocles"), Italian astrologer (born 1467)[5]
- unknown dates
- Petrus Haedus (Pietro Cavretto), Italian priest and writer (born 1427)[6]
- Garci RodrÃguez de Montalvo, Castilian author (born c. 1450)