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1554 in literature

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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1554.

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Events

  • January 25 – Missionary, writer and poet José de Anchieta is one of the founders of the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Publication of Menno Simons' Uytgangh ofte bekeeringhe begins the Dutch Golden Age of literature.

    • Prose

  • Matteo Bandello
  • Novelle
  • Prima Parte
  • Charles Estienne – Praedium Rusticum
  • Johannes Magnus – 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
  • Título de Totonicapán (anonymous K’iche’ language document)

    • Poetry

  • Anacreontea (Greek poems of 1st century BC – 6th century AD, published for first time by Henri Estienne)

    • Births

  • October 20 – Bálint Balassi, Hungarian poet (died 1594)
  • November 11 – Luis de la Puente, Spanish theologian (died 1624)
  • November 30 – Sir Philip Sidney, English soldier and poet (died 1586)
  • Unknown date – Anrakuan Sakuden, Japanese poet (died 1642)
  • Probable year of birth – Sir Walter Raleigh, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer (died 1618)

    • Deaths

  • January 16 – Christiern Pedersen, Danish scholar, writer and printer (born c. 1480)
  • April 23 – Gaspara Stampa, Italian poet (born 1523)
  • June 24 – Feliciano de Silva, Spanish writer (born c. 1491)
  • September 8 – Johann Wild, German Bible commentator (born 1497)

    • References

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