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

• 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
• Richard Sherry – A treatise of Schemes & Tropes
• Primož Trubar – Catechismus and Abecedarium (first 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

New 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

1. 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.
2. Haase, Donald (2008). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales: A-F. Greenwood Publishing. p. 340. ISBN 0-313-33442-0.