1627 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1627.
Events
- January 1 – Menasseh Ben Israel, founder of the first Hebrew printing press in Amsterdam, produces its first publication, a Spanish rite prayer book.
New books
Prose
- Francis Bacon – Sylva Sylvarum, or A Natural History and New Atlantis
- Jean-Pierre Camus – Hyacinthe
- George Hakewill – An Apologie or Declaration of the Power and Providence of God
- Marin Mersenne – Traité de l'harmonie universelle
- Honoré d'Urfé – ''L'Astrée''
New drama
- William Davenant – The Cruel Brother
- William Hawkins – Apollo Shroving
- Philip Massinger – The Great Duke of Florence
- Thomas Vincent – ''Paria''
Poetry
- Michael Drayton – miscellaneous poems, including The Battle of Agincourt, First Steps up Parnassus, and Nymphidia
- Phineas Fletcher – ''Locustae, vel Pietas Jesuitica''
Births
- August 8 – Joseph Moxon, English printer and lexicographer
- September 27 – Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French theologian
- November 29 – John Ray, English naturalist
- Unknown dates
- *John Flavel, English religious writer and Presbyterian minister
- *Dorothy Osborne, English literary correspondent
Deaths
- April 12 ' – John Minsheu, English linguist and lexicographer
- April 19 – John Beaumont, English dramatist and poet
- May 24 – Luis de Góngora, Spanish lyric poet
- June 22 – Lawrence Beyerlinck, Flemish theologian and encyclopedist
- June 27 – John Hayward, English historian
- July 4 ' – Thomas Middleton, English dramatist and poet
- September 20 – Jan Gruter, Flemish critic
- September 29 – Johannes Acronius, Dutch theologian
- October – Bernardo de Balbuena, Spanish-born Latin American poet
- December – Henry Condell, English actor, co-compiler of the First Folio