1522 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1522.
Events
- September 21 â Luther Bible: Martin Luther's translation of the Bible's New Testament into Early New High German from Greek, Das newe Testament Deutzsch, is published in Germany, selling thousands in the first few weeks.
- Luo Guanzhong's 14th-century compilation Romance of the Three Kingdoms is first printed, as Sanguozhi Tongsu Yanyi.
New books
Prose
- Desiderius Erasmus â Novum Testamentum (Greek Textus Receptus of the New Testament, third edition)
- Martin Luther â Against Henry, King of the English (Contra Henricum Regem Anglie)
- Adam Ries â Rechenung auff der Linihen und Federn
Drama
- Niklaus Manuel Deutsch I â Vom Papst und Christi Gegensatz
- The World and the Child (Mundus et Infans, published)
Poetry
- Thomas Murner â Von dem grossen Lutherischen Narren ("Of the Great Lutheran Fool")[1]
Births
- February â Jean de Nostredame, Provençal historian (died c.1576)
- June 1 â Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert, Dutch classical scholar (died 1590)
- unknown dates
- Joachim du Bellay, French poet (died 1560)[2]
- Siôn Tudur, Welsh poet (died 1602)
Deaths
- January 25 â Raffaello Maffei, Italian humanist historian and theologian (born 1451)[3]
- February 25 â William Lilye, English classical scholar (born c. 1468)
- June 30 â Johann Reuchlin, German humanist scholar and poet (born 1455)
- September â Gavin Douglas, Scottish poet and bishop (born c. 1474)[4]