1502 in literature
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This article presents a list of literary events and publications during 1502.
Events
- June – England's Poet Laureate John Skelton is believed to have been tried, in a case brought by the London Prior of St Bartholomew's, and subsequently imprisoned, possibly at the instigation of Cardinal Wolsey.[1]
Uncertain dates
- Aldine Press editions of Dante's Divine Comedy, Herodotus' Histories (in Greek and Italian parallel text) and Sophocles are published in Venice.
- The English poet Stephen Hawes is appointed Groom of the Chamber to King Henry VII of England.
New books
Prose
- Niccolò Machiavelli – Discourse about the Provision of Money (Discorso sopra la provisione del danaro)
- Shin Maha Thilawuntha – Yazawin Kyaw (Celebrated Chronicle)
Drama
- Gil Vicente – Monólogo do Vaqueiro ("Monologue of the Cowboy")
Poetry
- Pietro Bembo – Terzerime (published by Aldus Manutius)
- Conradus Celtis – Amores
- Baptista Mantuanus – Sylvae
- Jacopo Sannazaro – Arcadia (pirated edition)
Births
- Guillaume Bigot, French writer, doctor, humanist and poet in French and Latin (died 1550)
Probable year
- Benedetto Varchi, Florentine humanist, historian and poet in Latin (died 1565)
Deaths
- February – Olivier de la Marche, French poet and chronicler (born 1426)
- March 14 – Felix Fabri (Felix Faber), Swiss Dominican theologian and travel writer (born c. 1441)[2]
Uncertain dates
- Jalaladdin Davani, Iranian philosopher, theologian, jurist and poet (born 1426)
- Henry Medwall, English dramatist (born c. 1462)[3]
- Octavien de Saint-Gelais, French churchman, poet and translator (born 1468)[4]
- Sōgi (宗祇), Japanese Zen monk and renga poet (born 1421)
Probable year
- Gwerful Mechain, Welsh erotic poet (born c. 1460)[5]
- Bonino Mombrizio, Milanese lawyer, bureaucrat, philologist, humanist, editor of ancient writings and poet in Latin (born 1424)
References
- ^ William Nelson (1 January 1964). John Skelton, laureate. Russell & Russell. p. 77.
- ^ David Thomas; John A. Chesworth (17 December 2014). Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History: Volume 6. Western Europe (1500-1600). BRILL. p. 605. ISBN 978-90-04-28111-0.
- ^ Ian Ousby (23 February 1996). The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Literature in English. Cambridge University Press. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-521-43627-4.
- ^ Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1841). A Summer in Western France. Henry Colburn, Publisher. p. 291.
- ^ John T. Koch (2012). The Celts: History, Life, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 400. ISBN 978-1-59884-964-6.