1532 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1532.
Events
- unknown dates
- *William Thynne's edition of The Workes of Geffray Chaucer is published in England, the first time an English-language writer's texts have been collected together as "Works".
- *First edition of François Villon's Œuvres with a commentary by Clément Marot is published in France.
- *First complete edition of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso is published in Italy.
- *Yamazaki Sōkan compiles the Shinseninutsukubashū, a significant anthology of Japanese renku poetry.
New books
Prose
- Otto Brunfels – Contrafayt Kräuterbuch
- Sebald Heyden – De arte canendi
- Niccolò Machiavelli – The Prince
- Thomas More – The Confutation of Tyndale's Answer
- François Rabelais – Pantagruel
- Feliciano de Silva – ''Don Florisel de Niquea''
Poetry
- Clément Marot – ''L'Adolescence clémentine''
Births
- February 19 – Jean-Antoine de Baïf, French poet and member of La Pléiade
- November 28 – Bartholomäus Ringwaldt, German didactic poet
- Unknown dates
- *Étienne Jodelle, French poet and playwright associated with La Pléiade
- *Dominicus Lampsonius, Flemish humanist poet and painter
- Probable year
- *Thomas Norton, English politician and poet
- *Tulsidas, Indian Hindu Awadhi language poet, sant and philosopher
Deaths
- August 19 – Caritas Pirckheimer, German abbess and chronicler
- unknown date – Thomas Arthur, dramatist