1506 in literature explained

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1506.

Events

• unknown date – Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto begins writing Orlando Furioso (earliest version published in 1516; first complete version published 1532).

New books

Poetry

See main article: 1506 in poetry.

• Publio Fausto Andrelini – Eclogues
• William Dunbar – ^[1]
• Stephen Hawes – The Passtyme of Pleasure
• Niccolò Machiavelli – The First Decade (Decennale primo)

Births

• February 1 (approximate) – George Buchanan, Scottish humanist historian, scholar and poet (died 1582)
• August 12 – Franciscus Sonnius, Dutch counter-Reformation theologian (died 1576)
• October – Louis de Blois, Flemish mystical writer (died 1566)
• December 8 – Veit Dietrich, German theologian, writer and reformer (died 1549)
• Unknown dates
  • Abderrahman El Majdoub, North African poet, Sufi and mystic^[2]
  • Michael Helding (Sidonius), Roman Catholic bishop, scholar, writer and humanist (died 1561)^[3]
• probable
  • Richard Grafton, English chronicler and King's Printer (died 1573)
  • Hwang Jini, Korean woman kisaeng and poet (died c. 1560)

Deaths

• February 16 – Jakub of Gostynin, Polish philosopher (born c.1454)^[4]
• May 2 – Johannes von Soest, German composer, theorist and poet (born 1448)
• unknown date – Mihri Hatun, Ottoman Anatolian female poet

Notes and References

1. Book: Trager, James. The People's Chronology. registration. New York. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1979.
2. Book: Boum, Aomar. Abderrahman, El Majdoub . Akyeampong, Emmanuel K. . Emmanuel K. Akyeampong . Gates, Henry Louis Jr . Henry Louis Gates, Jr. . Dictionary of African Biography. Oxford University Press. 2008. 978-0-19-538207-5.
3. Paul Tschackert: Helding, Michael. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Band 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, S. 164–166.
4. Book: Jerzy Wyrozumski. Das 500jährige Jubiläum der Krakauer Studienzeit von Nicolaus Copernicus. 1993. Secesja. 978-83-85739-01-2. de. 82.