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1506 in literature

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This article presents a list of literary events and publications during 1506.

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Events

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

    • Poetry

  • Publio Fausto Andrelini – Eclogues
  • William Dunbar – The Dance of the Sevin Deidly Synnis
  • Stephen Hawes – The Passtyme of Pleasure
  • Niccolò Machiavelli – The First Decade (Decennale primo)

    • Births

  • About February 1 – 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
  • Michael Helding (Sidonius), Roman Catholic bishop, scholar, writer and humanist (died 1561)
  • Approximate year
  • Richard Grafton, English chronicler and King's Printer (died 1573)
  • Hwang Jini, Korean woman kisaeng and poet (died c. 1560)

    • Deaths

  • May 2 – Johannes von Soest, German composer, theorist and poet (born 1448)
  • Unknown date – Mihri Hatun, Ottoman Anatolian female poet

    • References

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