Literature year 1521
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Overview of the literature
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 in Romanian . |
Events
- Martin Luther begins in December at the Wartburg the Thuringia New Testament to translate .
- Cesare Cesariano's translation of Vitruvius into Italian appears.
- The epic Judita by Croatian poet Marko Marulić is published for the first time 20 years after its completion.
Neacșu's letter is the oldest known document in Romanian . The letter will bewrittenin Cyrillic script on June 29th / 30th by the merchant Neacșu Lupu in Câmpulung (Langenau)and addressed to Johannes Benkner, City Judge of Kronstadt (Brașov). It contains information about an impending Ottoman attack on Wallachia and possibly also on Transylvania .
Born
- August 19 : Lodovico Guicciardini , Italian merchant, cartographer, humanist, geographer, politician, chronicler and writer († 1589 )
- Johannes Criginger , German Lutheran theologian, cartographer and writer († 1571 )
- Xu Wei , Chinese painter, poet and playwright († 1593 )
Died
- February 25 : Johann Schönsperger , German book printer and retailer publisher (* around 1455 )
- March 4 : Rudolf Agricola , German printer and author (* 1490 )
- May 10 : Sebastian Brant , German humanist and author, author of the ship of fools (* 1457 )
See also
Web links
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