1518 in literature
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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1518.
Events
unknown dates
- Baptista Mantuanus' Eclogues are prescribed for use in St Paul's School, London.[1]
- Niccolò Machiavelli probably writes his satirical comedy The Mandrake (La Mandragola).
New books
Prose
- Henry Cornelius Agrippa â De originali peccato
- Erasmus â Colloquies
- Frederyke of Jennen
- Tantrakhyan (Nepal Bhasa literature)
Drama
- Angelo Beolco ('Ruzzante') â La Pastoral (approximate date)
Poetry
- Thomas More â Epigrammata[2]
- probable
- Alexander Barclay â The fyfte Eglog
- Cock Laurel's Boat[2]
Births
- February 7 â Johann Funck, German theologian (died 1566)[3]
- August â Conrad Lycosthenes, né Wolffhart, Alsatian humanist and encyclopedist (died 1561)[4]
- unknown date â Edmund Plowden, English legal writer (died 1585)[5]
Deaths
- February 25 â Publio Fausto Andrelini, Italian humanist poet (born c.1462)[6]
- unknown date â Kabir, Indian mystic poet and saint (born 1398 or 1440 at the latest)