1520 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1520.
Events
- unknown dates
- *Scholars at Complutense University, Alcalá de Henares, under the direction of Diego Lopez de Zúñiga, complete the Complutensian Polyglot Bible.
- *Ulrich von Hutten's satirical poem Aufwecker der teutschen Nation is published – his earliest work in German.
New books
Prose
- Hochstratus Ovans
- Martin Luther
- *To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation
- *On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church
- *On the Freedom of a Christian
- Niccolò Machiavelli – Discourse on Reforming the Government of Florence
- Shin Maha Thilawuntha – Yazawin Kyaw, supplement
- ''Ruyijun zhuan''
Drama
- John Heywood – Johan Johan The Husband
- Approximate year – Niccolò Machiavelli: ''Andria''
Poetry
- Robert Copland –
- Terence – Terens in Englysh
- Approximate year
- *John Lydgate – Testament
- *Alexander the Great
- *''The Squire of Low Degree''
Births
- March 3 – Matthias Flacius, German Lutheran theologian
- unknown date
- *François Baudouin, French humanist historian
- *Natalis Comes, Italian mythologist, poet and historian
- *Denis Lambin, French classicist
- probable
- *Hernando de Acuña, Spanish poet
- *Giovanni Bona de Boliris, Italian humanist, poet and writer, writing in Latin and Italian
- *Thomas Churchyard, English author and poet
- *Pernette Du Guillet, French poet
- *Jorge de Montemor, Portuguese novelist and poet, writing in Spanish
- *Christophe Plantin, French-born Dutch humanist and printer
- *Madeleine Des Roches, French author, poet and salonnière
- *Alexander Scott, Scottish poet
- *Georg Thym, German teacher, poet and writer
Deaths
- March 16 – Martin Waldseemüller, German humanist and cartographer
- May 31 – Johannes Aesticampianus, German humanist theologian
- unknown date – William Dunbar, Scottish poet