1538 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1538.
Events
- December 20 â Pietro Bembo is made a Cardinal.
New books
Prose
- Hélisenne de Crenne â Les Angoisses douloureuses qui procèdent d'amours
- Sir Thomas Elyot â The dictionary of syr Thomas Eliot knyght (Latin to English)
- Paracelsus â Astronomia Magna or the whole Philosophia Sagax of the Great and Little World
- William Turner â Libellus de re herbaria (Handbook of Herbs)
Drama
- John Bale
- Kynge Johan, the earliest known English historical drama (in verse)
- Three Laws of Nature, Moses and Christ, corrupted by the Sodomytes, Pharisees and Papystes most wicked
- Georg Wickram â Der treue Eckart[1]
Poetry
- Sir David Lyndsay â The Complaynte and Testament of a Popinjay[2]
- Clément Marot â Åuvres de Clément Marot
Births
- December 10 â Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian poet, dramatist and diplomat (died 1612)[3]
Deaths
- unknown dates
- Germain de Brie, French humanist scholar and poet (born 1490)
- Pierre Gringoire, French poet and playwright (born c.1475)[4]