1552 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1552.
Events
- June – Sir David Lyndsay's Middle Scots satirical morality play A Satire of the Three Estates first performed publicly in full, at Cupar in Fife.
- unknown dates
- *Giachem Bifrun produces the first printed book in the Swiss Romansh language, Christiauna fuorma, a catechism.
- *Belgrade printing house is established.
- *Ralph Roister Doister, the first known comedy in the English, is written by London schoolmaster Nicholas Udall for his pupils to perform.
New books
Prose
- Book of Common Prayer
- Bartolomé de las Casas – A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
- François Rabelais – Le Quart Livre
- Gerónimo de Santa Fe – Hebræomastix
- Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis , composed in Nahuatl by Martín de la Cruz and translated into Latin by Juan Badiano.
Drama
- David Lyndsay – A Satire of the Three Estates
- Hans Sachs – ''Der Bauer im Fegefeuer''
Poetry
- ''See 1552 in poetry''
Births
- February 8 – Agrippa d'Aubigné, French Protestant poet
- unknown dates
- *Jean Bertaut, French poet
- *Philemon Holland, English translator and schoolmaster
- *Edmund Spenser, English poet
- probable – Cvijeta Zuzorić, Croatian poet
Deaths
- June 10 – Alexander Barclay, probably Scottish-born English writer, cleric and translator
- October 17 – Andreas Osiander, German theologian
- December 11 – Paolo Giovio, Italian historian and biographer
- December 30 – Francisco de Enzinas, Spanish-born Netherlandish scholar and humanist