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1515 in literature

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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1515.

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Events

  • Christoph Froschauer becomes the first printer in Zürich.

    • Prose

  • Martin of Arles – Tractatus de superstitionibus, contra maleficia seu sortilegia quae hodie vigent in orbe terrarum

    • Drama

  • c. 1514–15 – Gian Giorgio Trissino – Sophonisba

    • Poetry

  • Alexander Barclay (translated from Baptista Mantuanus) – Saint George
  • John of Capistrano – Capystranus (published in London)
  • Approximate year – Stephen Hawes – The Comforte of Lovers

    • Births

  • March 28 – Teresa of Ávila, Spanish Carmelite mystic, saint and poet (died 1582)
  • Unknown dates
  • Nicolas Denisot, French poet and painter (died 1559)
  • Brne Karnarutić, Croatian poet and writer (died 1573)
  • Ambrosius Lobwasser, Saxon humanist, translator and psalmist (died 1585)
  • Johann Weyer, Dutch occultist (died 1588)
  • Approximate year
  • Roger Ascham, English scholar (died 1568)
  • William Baldwin, English writer, editor and theatrical director (died c. 1563)

    • Deaths

  • February 16 – Aldus Manutius, Italian printer-publisher and poet (born 1449)

    • References

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