1502 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 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.
- unknown dates
- *Aldine Press editions of Dante's Divine Comedy, Herodotus' Histories 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
- Shin Maha Thilawuntha – ''Yazawin Kyaw''
Drama
Poetry
- Pietro Bembo – Terzerime
- Conradus Celtis – Amores
- Baptista Mantuanus – Sylvae
- Jacopo Sannazaro – ''Arcadia''
Births
- Guillaume Bigot, French writer, doctor, humanist and poet in French and Latin
- probable – Benedetto Varchi, Florentine humanist, historian and poet in Latin
Deaths
- February – Olivier de la Marche, French poet and chronicler
- March 14 – Felix Fabri, Swiss Dominican theologian and travel writer
- unknown dates
- *Jalaladdin Davani, Iranian philosopher, theologian, jurist and poet
- *Henry Medwall, English dramatist
- *Octavien de Saint-Gelais, French churchman, poet and translator
- *Sōgi, Japanese Zen monk and renga poet
- probable
- *Gwerful Mechain, Welsh erotic poet
- *Bonino Mombrizio, Milanese lawyer, bureaucrat, philologist, humanist, editor of ancient writings and poet in Latin