1635 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1635.
Events
- February 22 – In Paris, the Académie française is founded.
- May 6 – The King's Men perform Othello at the Blackfriars Theatre in London.
- July 16 – Birth of René Descartes' daughter, Francine, at Deventer.
- August 23 – A few days before his death, beset by family troubles, Lope de Vega writes his last poems.
- Ottoman Turkish poet Nef'i is garroted in the grounds of the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul for his satirical verses.
- Wallachian statesman Udriște Năsturel pays lyrical tribute to Prince Matei Basarab, his brother-in-law. Though composed and published in Slavonic, this is the first blason in Romanian literature, and by some accounts the first-ever Romanian poem.
New books
Prose
- Sir Kenelm Digby – A Conference with a Lady about choice of a Religion
- Thomas Heywood – The Hierarchy of the Blessed Angels
- Tirso de Molina – Deleitar aprovechando
- John Selden – ''Mare Clausum''
Drama
- Francis Bristowe – King Free-Will
- Richard Brome – The Sparagus Garden
- Pierre Corneille – Médée
- William Davenant
- *News from Plymouth
- *The Platonick Lovers
- *The Temple of Love
- Pedro Calderón de la Barca – Life is a Dream
- Isaac de Benserade – Cléopâtre
- Henry Glapthorne
- *The Hollander
- *The Lady Mother
- Richard Lovelace – The Scholars
- Jean Mairet – Le Marc-Antoine, ou la Cléopâtre
- Thomas Nabbes – Hannibal and Scipio
- Jean Rotrou – La Bague de l'oubli
- Joseph Rutter – The Shepherd's Holiday performed at Court and published
- James Shirley – The Coronation, ''The Lady of Pleasure performed; The Traitor'' published
Poetry
''See 1635 in poetry''Births
- January 13 – Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian
- February 1 – Marquard Gude, German classicist and archeologist
- February 21 – Thomas Flatman, English poet and miniaturist
- June 3 – Philippe Quinault, French dramatist and librettist
- September 20 – Thomas Sprat, English theologian and bishop
Deaths
- March – Thomas Randolph, English poet and dramatist
- April 7 – Leonard Digges, English poet
- April 25 – Alessandro Tassoni, Italian poet
- July 28 – Richard Corbet, English poet and bishop
- August – Richard Whitbourne, English Newfoundland colonist and writer
- August 27 – Lope de Vega, Spanish dramatist and poet
- October 18 – Jean de Schelandre, French poet
- November 8 – Aodh Buidhe Mac an Bhaird, Irish poet, historian and friar
- November 25 – Dr John Hall, English medical writer and son-in-law of William Shakespeare