1509 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1509.
Events
- unknown dates
- *Alexander Barclay's The Shyp of Folys of the Worlde and Henry Watson's The Shyppe of Fooles appear. Both are English verse translations ultimately deriving from Sebastian Brant's satire Das Narrenschiff.
- *Desiderius Erasmus writes The Praise of Folly while staying with Thomas More in England.
- *The early 14th-century verse romance Richard Coer de Lyon is first published, by Wynkyn de Worde in England.
New books
Prose
- Desiderius Erasmus – Stultitiae Laus
- Fortunatus
- Francesco Guicciardini – Storie fiorentine
- Manjarasa – Samyukta Koumudi
- Luca Pacioli – De divina proportione
- John Stanbridge – ''Vulgaria''
Drama
- Ludovico Ariosto – ''I suppositi''
Poetry
Births
- April 25 – Thomas Vaux, English court poet
- July 10 – John Calvin, French Protestant religious leader and writer
- August 3 – Étienne Dolet, French humanist writer and printer
- unknown dates
- *Kanaka Dasa, Indian Kannada poet, philosopher, musician and composer from Karnataka
- *William Turner, English ornithologist and cleric
Deaths
- June 28 – John Filipec, Bohemian royal advisor and later monk, proprietor of a printing press
- unknown date
- *Aliénor de Poitiers, Burgundian courtier and writer
- *Juraj Šižgorić, Croatian poet writing in Latin