1522 in literature explained

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1522.

Events

• September 21 – 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 – Novum Testamentum (Greek Textus Receptus of the New Testament, third edition)
• Martin Luther – Against Henry, King of the English (Contra Henricum Regem Anglie)
• Adam Ries – German: Rechenung auff der Linihen und Federn

Drama

• Niklaus Manuel Deutsch I – Vom Papst und Christi Gegensatz
• The World and the Child (Mundus et Infans, published)

Poetry

See main article: 1522 in poetry.

• Thomas Murner – Von dem grossen Lutherischen Narren ("Of the Great Lutheran Fool")^[1]

Births

• February – Jean de Nostredame, Provençal historian (died c.1576)
• June 1 – 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 – Raffaello Maffei, Italian humanist historian and theologian (born 1451)^[3]
• February 25 – William Lilye, English classical scholar (born c. 1468)
• June 30 – Johann Reuchlin, German humanist scholar and poet (born 1455)
• September – Gavin Douglas, Scottish poet and bishop (born c. 1474)^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Thomas, Calvin. A History of German Literature. German literature.. New York. D. Appleton & Co. 1909. 2009-12-14.
2. Book: Harry G. Lang. Harry G Lang. Bonnie Meath-Lang. Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary. 1995. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-29170-8. 98.
3. Book: Peter G. Bietenholz. Thomas Brian Deutscher. Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation. 1 January 2003. University of Toronto Press. 978-0-8020-8577-1. 366.
4. Book: Arthur F. Kinney. David W. Swain. Eugene D. Hill. William A. Long. Tudor England: An Encyclopedia. 17 November 2000. Routledge. 978-1-136-74530-0. 200.