1550 in literature
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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1550.
Events
- July 17 – Grant to Humphrey Powell from King Edward VI of England to start printing in Ireland.[1]
- Robert Estienne sets up a printing press in Geneva.
- Approximate date – First publication in book form of the Chinese shenmo fantasy novel Fengshen Yanyi.[2]
New books
Prose
- Leandro Alberti – Istoria di Bologna
- Martin Bucer – De regno Christi
- Thomas Cranmer – Defence of the True and Catholic Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ
- Doddayya – Chandraprabha Purana
- Ramamatya – Svaramelakalanidhi (treatise on music)
- Richard Sherry – A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes
- Primož Trubar
- Catechismus
- Abecedarium (first two books in Slovene)
- The Facetious Nights of Straparola (first European storybook to contain fairy tales)
- Giorgio Vasari – Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
- Rosary of the Philosophers
Drama
- Thomas Naogeorgus – Agricultura sacra
- Hans Sachs
- Der fahrende Schüler im Paradies
- Das Wildbad
Poetry
- See 1550 in poetry
Births
- December 22 – Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (died 1631)
- Unknown dates
- Wacker von Wackenfels, German diplomat, scholar and author (died 1619)
- Zang Maoxun, Chinese playwright (died 1620)
- Probable year of birth – Philip Henslowe, Elizabethan theatrical entrepreneur and impresario (died 1616)
Deaths
- February – Marcantonio Flaminio, Latin-language poet (born c.1498)
- December 8 – Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian poet, dramatist and grammarian (born 1478)
- Unknown date – William Lamb alias Paniter, Scottish writer, cleric and lawyer (born c. 1493)
References
- ^ Moody, T. W.; et al., eds. (1989). A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821744-2.
- ^ Haase, Donald (2008). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales: A-F. Greenwood Publishing. p. 340. ISBN 0-313-33442-0.