1541 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1541.
Events
- Late August â Siege of Buda: Ottoman Bektashi dervish poet Gül Baba, companion of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, believed killed or died during or immediately after the Ottoman relief of Buda.
- Elia Levita's chivalric romance, the Bovo-Bukh, is first printed, the earliest published secular work in Yiddish.
- unknown dates
- The Gustav Vasa Bible, the first official translation of the entire Bible into Swedish, Biblia, Thet är All then Helgha Scrifft på Swensko, is published in Upsala.
- The first complete translation of the New Testament into Hungarian, Ãjszövetség, is the first book printed in Hungary, at Sárvár.
- John Calvin translates his Institutio Christianae religionis into French as L'Institution chrétienne.
New books
Prose
- George Buchanan
- Baptistes
- Jephtha
- Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh â Lucubrationes vel potius absolutissima kyklopaideia
Drama
- Lodovico Dolce â Il ragazzo
- Giovanni Battista Giraldi â Orbecche
Poetry
- Anonymous â The Schole House of Women[1]
- Francesco Berni (died 1535) â Orlando innamorato
- Jacques Pelletier du Mans â Ars Poetica (translation into French from Latin of Horace)[2]
Births
- January 26 â Florent Chrestien, French satirist and Latin poet (died 1596)
Deaths
- April 24 â Celio Calcagnini, Ferraran polymath and Latin poet (born 1479)
- August
- Gül Baba, Ottoman Bektashi dervish poet (birthdate unknown)
- Juan de Valdés, Spanish religious writer (born 1500)
- unknown date â Giovanni Guidiccioni, Italian bishop and poet (born 1480)