1522 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1522.
Events
- September 21 – Luther Bible: Martin Luther's translation of the Bible's New Testament into Early New High German from Greek, Das newe Testament Deutzsch, is published in Germany, selling thousands in the first few weeks.
- Luo Guanzhong's 14th-century compilation Romance of the Three Kingdoms is first printed, as Sanguozhi Tongsu Yanyi.
New books
Prose
- Desiderius Erasmus – Novum Testamentum
- Martin Luther – Against Henry, King of the English
- Adam Ries – ''Rechenung auff der Linihen und Federn''
Drama
- Niklaus Manuel Deutsch I – Vom Papst und Christi Gegensatz
- ''The World and the Child''
Poetry
- Thomas Murner – ''Von dem grossen Lutherischen Narren''
Births
- February – Jean de Nostredame, Provençal historian
- June 1 – Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert, Dutch classical scholar
- unknown dates
- *Joachim du Bellay, French poet
- *Siôn Tudur, Welsh poet
Deaths
- January 25 – Raffaello Maffei, Italian humanist historian and theologian
- February 25 – William Lilye, English classical scholar
- June 30 – Johann Reuchlin, German humanist scholar and poet
- September – Gavin Douglas, Scottish poet and bishop