1519 in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1519.
Events
- The chivalric romance Libro del muy esforzado e invencible caballero Don Claribalte, the first literary work by Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, is published in Valencia by Juan Viñao. In the foreword, Oviedo relates that the work has been conceived and written in the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo, where he has been working since 1514, allowing it to claim to be the first literary work created in the New World.
New books
Prose
- Lopo Homem, Pedro Reinel and Jorge Reinel – "Miller Atlas"
- William Horman – Vulgaria
- John Rastell – ''The Abbreviacion of Statutis''
Drama
- John Rastell – ''The Four Elements''
Poetry
- Bergadis – Apokopos
- Thomas Murner – Geuchmat
- Santikirti – Santinatha Purana
- Timanna – ''Parijatapahanannamu''
Births
- February 19 – Froben Christoph of Zimmern, Swabian noble and chronicler
- March 17 – Thoinot Arbeau, born Jehan Tabourot, French priest and writer
- May 27 – Girolamo Mei, Italian humanist historian
- Unknown date – Gutierre de Cetina, Spanish poet and soldier
- 1519 or 1520 – Nicholas Grimald, English poet and translator
Deaths
- May 9 - Jodocus Trutfetter, German philosopher and theologian
- June 30 - Wigand Wirt, German theologian
- September 10 - John Colet, English churchman and Biblical scholar, best known for his sermons
- December 25 - Rudolph von Langen, German Catholic humanist and poet
- Unknown dates
- *Anna Bülow, Swedish abbess, writer and translator
- *William Grocyn, English scholar, friend and executor of Erasmus
- *Ferceirtne Ó Curnín, Irish poet
- *Domhnall Glas Ó Curnín, Irish poet