1652 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1652.

Events

March/April – John Milton loses the last of his eyesight during the year.
unknown date – A translation by Saiyid Aidarus of the Arabic religious poem "Hamziya" is the earliest known written example of Swahili literature.

Anonymous – Eliza's Babes, or the Virgin's Offering
Elias Ashmole – Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum.
Nicholas Culpepper – The English Physitian, or, An astrologo-physical discourse on the vulgar herbs of this nation, being a compleat method of physick, whereby a man may preserve his body in health, or cure himself, being sick
Owen Feltham – Brief Character of the Low Countries
Antonio Rocco – L'Alcibiade, fanciullo a scola
Thomas Urquhart – The Jewel : a vindication of the honor of Scotland
Henry Vaughan – Mount of Olives
Thomas Vaughan (philosopher) – The Fame and Confession of the Fraternity of R:C:
Gerrard Winstanley – ''The Law of Freedom''

Edward Benlowes – Theophilia or Love's Sacrifice
Richard Crashaw – Deo Nostro Te Decet Hymnus
Antonio Enríquez Gómez – Sansón Nazareno
Francisco de Trillo y Figueroa – ''Poesías varias, heroicas, satíricas y amorosas''

February 28 – Arcangela Tarabotti, Venetian nun and feminist writer
April 12 – John Vicars, English contemporary biographer, poet and polemicist of the English Civil War
May – Claude de L'Estoile, French playwright and poet
May 5 – Mary, English wife of John Milton
June 25 – Abraham von Franckenberg, German mystic, poet, and hymn writer
August 14 – Abraham Elzevir, Dutch printer, proprietor of the House of Elzevir
October – Arthur Wilson, English playwright, historian, and poet
October 8 – John Greaves, English antiquary
October 20 – Antonio Coello, Spanish dramatist and poet
November 29 – Francesco Angeloni, Italian historian, novelist, dramatist and collector
December 2 – Christopher Elderfield, English theologian
December 23 – John Cotton, English-born American theologian and minister