1626 in literature

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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1626.

Events

December – Izaak Walton marries Rachel Floud.

Prose

Francis Bacon – The New Atlantis

Nicholas Breton – Fantastickes

Robert Fludd – Philosophia Sacra

Marie de Gournay – Femmes et Grief des Dames (The Ladies' Grievance)

Francisco de Quevedo – El Buscón

Drama

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft – Baeto, oft oorsprong der Holanderen

John Fletcher and collaborators – The Fair Maid of the Inn

William Heminges – The Jews' Tragedy

Jean Mairet – La Sylvie

Philip Massinger – A New Way to Pay Old Debts

Thomas May – Cleopatra

Thomas Middleton – The Triumphs of Health and Prosperity

Tirso de Molina – La Huerta de San Juan

James Shirley – The Maid's Revenge; The Brothers

Births

January – Robert Howard, English dramatist and politician (died 1698)

February 5 – Madame de Sévigné, French letter writer (died 1696)

March 12 – John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (died 1697)

June 3 – Philippe Goibaud-Dubois, French writer and translator (died 1703)

Unknown dates

Elizabeth Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater, English poet and dramatist (died 1663)

Alonso de Olmedo y Ormeño, Spanish actor and dramatist (died 1682)

Deaths

February – William Rowley, English dramatist (born c. 1585)

February 28 – Cyril Tourneur, English dramatist (born 1575)

September 25

Lancelot Andrewes, English scholar and bishop (born 1555)

Théophile de Viau, French poet and dramatist (born 1590)

October 19 – Béroalde de Verville, French poet and novelist (born 1556)

December 8 – Sir John Davies, English poet (born 1569)

Unknown dates

Nicholas Breton, English poet and novelist (born c. 1545)

Samuel Purchas, English miscellanist and travel writer (born c. 1577)

References

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