1551 in literature
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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1551.
Events
- Juan de Betanzos begins to write his "Narrative of the Incas".
- An edition of the Book of Common Prayer printed by Humphrey Powell, de facto King's Printer in Dublin, becomes the first book printed in Ireland.
- The first English language translation of Thomas More's Utopia (first published in Latin 1516), made by Ralph Robinson, is published in London.
New books
- Bishop Mikael Agricola – Abckiria, second edition
- John Calvin – De Scandalis
- Bartolomé de las Casas – Historia general de las Indias
- Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski – Commentariorum De Republica emendanda libri quinque ("Five Books of Commentaries on the Improvement of Commonwealth")
- Stoglav (Стоглав, Book of One Hundred Chapters), a collection of decisions of the Stoglavy Synod that regulates canon law and ecclesiastical life in the Tsardom of Russia, especially the everyday life and mores of the Russian clergy.[1]
New drama
- Ludovico Ariosto (died 1533) – I suppositi (first publication in verse)
- Marin Držić – Dundo Maroje
- Hans Sachs – Das heiss Eisen
- Georg Wickram – Tobias
Poetry
- Lorenzo de Sepúlveda – Romances nueuamente sacados de historias antiguas de la crónica de España
- See also 1551 in poetry
Births
- May 2 – William Camden, historian (died 1623)
- Unknown dates
- Nikollë Bardhi, Albanian writer (died 1617)
- Bhai Gurdas, Punjabi Sikh writer and preacher (died 1636)
- Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi, Islamic scholar (died 1642)
- Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, historian of the Mughal emperor Akbar (died 1602)
Deaths
- January 17 – Pedro Mexía, Spanish Humanist philosopher and historian (born 1497)
- May 6 – Johannes Baptista Montanus, Italian medical writer (born 1498)
- May 17 – Shin Saimdang, Korean artist, calligraphist and poet (born 1504)
- Unknown date – Ludovico Pasquali, Dalmatian Italian poet (born c.1500)
References
- ↑ Kollmann, Jack (1978). The Moscow Stoglav ('Hundred Chapters') Church Council of 1551. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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