1516 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1516.
Events
- March 1 â Desiderius Erasmus publishes a new Greek translation of the New Testament, Novum Instrumentum omne, in Basel. This year Erasmus also writes The Education of a Christian Prince although it is not published until 1532.
- c. December â Thomas More's Utopia, combining fiction and political philosophy and completed this year, is published in Leuven in Latin.
- unknown dates
- Samuel Nedivot's the 14th century Hebrew Sefer Abudirham in Fez is the first book printed in Africa.[1]
- Paolo Ricci translates the 13th century Kabbalistic work Sha'are Orah by Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla into Latin, as Portae Lucis.[2]
New books
Prose
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
- Dialogus de homine (published in Casale)
- De triplici ratione cognoscendi Deum
- Bartolomé de las Casas â Memorial de Remedios para las Indias
- Erasmus â Novum Instrumentum omne
- Robert Fabyan (anonymous; died c. 1512) â The New Chronicles of England and France (published by Richard Pynson in London)
- Marsilio Ficino â De triplici vita
- Thomas More â Utopia
- Andre Pauernfeindt â Ergründung der ritterlichen kunst des fechtens durch freyfechter czu Vienn (Foundation of the knightly art of combat by the fencing guild of Vienna)
Poetry
- Ludovico Ariosto â Orlando Furioso (first version, April)
- Baptista Mantuanus (published in France)[3]
- Agellaria
- De sacris diebus (published in Lyon)
Births
- March 26 â Conrad Ges(s)ner, Swiss naturalist, bibliographer and poet (died 1565)[4]
- April 23 â Georg Fabricius, Saxon historian, classical archaeologist and epigrapher and poet (died 1571)
- December 21 â Giuseppe Leggiadri Gallani, Parmese-born poet and dramatist (died c. 1590)
Deaths
- March 22 â Baptista Mantuanus, Mantuan Carmelite reformer, humanist and Latin poet (born 1447)[5]
- December 13 â Johannes Trithemius, German lexicographer and chronicler (born 1462)