1554 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1554.
Events
- January 25 â Missionary, writer and poet José de Anchieta is one of the founders of the city of São Paulo, Brazil.[1]
- unknown date â Publication of Menno Simons' Uytgangh ofte bekeeringhe
New books
Prose
- Matteo Bandello
- Novelle
- Prima Parte
- Edmund Bonner â Profitable and Necessary Doctryne[2]
- Charles Estienne â Praedium Rusticum
- Johannes Magnus â Historia de omnibus gothorum sueonumque regibus (History of all Kings of Goths and Swedes)
- Tepetlaoztoc Codex
- Lazarillo de Tormes (anonymous)
- Adrianus Turnebus's edition of Corpus Hermeticum
- Approximate year:
- TÃtulo de Totonicapán (anonymous Kʼicheʼ language document)
Poetry
- Anacreontea (Greek poems of 1st century BC â 6th century AD, published for first time by Henri Estienne)
Births
- March 22 â Catherine de Parthenay, French Huguenot noblewoman, mathematician, poet, playwright and translator (died 1631)
- October 20 â Bálint Balassi, Hungarian poet (died 1594)
- November 11 â Luis de la Puente, Spanish theologian (died 1624)
- November 30 â Sir Philip Sidney, English soldier and poet (died 1586)
- Unknown date â Anrakuan Sakuden, Japanese poet (died 1642)
- probable â Sir Walter Raleigh, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy and explorer (died 1618)[3]
Deaths
- January 16 â Christiern Pedersen, Danish scholar, writer and printer (born c. 1480)
- April 23 â Gaspara Stampa, Italian poet (born 1523)
- June 24 â Feliciano de Silva, Spanish writer (born c. 1491)
- September 8 â Johann Wild, German Bible commentator (born 1497)