1571 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1571.
Events
- October 7 – Naval Battle of Lepanto: Miguel de Cervantes's left arm is rendered useless; Venetian playwright Luigi Pasqualigo commands a galleon.
- unknown dates
- *Michel de Montaigne retires from public life and isolates himself in the tower of the Château de Montaigne.
- *First printing in the Irish language, Aibidil Gaoidheilge agus Caiticiosma, a primer printed by John Kearney in Dublin.
- *Laurentian Library in Florence opens to scholars.
- *Edict of Gaillon in France places enforcement of censorship laws with the state Chancellor's office instead of the University of Paris.
- *A tidal wave affects parts of Lincolnshire, England. It would be the subject of Jean Ingelow's narrative poem "The High-Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire".
New books
Prose
- François de Belleforest – La Pyrénée
- Bishop John Jewel – Second Book of Homilies
- Alistair mac Riean -- "Ye Historie of Thomas Sincaet, a Pyrate."
- Alonso de Molina
- *Arte de la lengua mexicana y castellana
- *''Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana''
Drama
Poetry
- ''See 1571 in poetry''
Deaths
- May 4 – Pierre Viret, Swiss theologian
- May 29 – Joachim Mörlin, German Lutheran theologian
- July 17 – Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian
- November 24 – Jan Blahoslav, Czech poet and translator
- December 28 – John Hales, English writer and administrator
- Unknown dates
- *Lodovico Castelvetro, Italian literary critic
- *Bartolomeo Maranta, Italian literary theorist
- *Andrés de Olmos, Spanish grammarian