1555 in literature
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- Portuguese humanist writer Achilles StatiusAchilles StatiusAchilles Statius was a Portuguese humanist and writer, since 1555 living in Rome, where he was a secretary of the pope. Achilles Statius is now mostly known from his extensive Latin commentary to Catullus, published in 1566....
relocates to Rome. - Roger TavernerRoger Taverner-Life:He was the eldest of Richard Taverner's younger brothers. He was a surveyor and writer, said by Anthony Wood in Athenae Oxonienses to have studied at Cambridge but not graduated, though university records do not confirm this....
is elected to Parliament. - John HookerJohn Hooker (English constitutionalist)John Hooker, John Hoker or John Vowell was an English writer, solicitor, antiquary, civic administrator and advocate of republican government. He wrote an eye-witness account of the siege of Exeter that took place during the Prayer Book Rebellion in 1549...
becomes chamberlain of Exeter. - The Facetious Nights of StraparolaThe Facetious Nights of Straparola]The Facetious Nights of Straparola , also known as The Nights of Straparola, is a two-volume collection of 75 stories by Italian author and fairy-tale collector Giovanni Francesco Straparola...
, originally published in 1550-1553, appear for the first time in a single volume.
New books
- Gjon BuzukuGjon BuzukuGjon Buzuku was an Albanian Catholic clergyman who wrote the first known printed book in Albanian.Gjon Buzuku was born in the village of Ljare in the Bar district, close to Northern Albania , then Ottoman Empire. He probably lived in or near Venice, Italy...
- MeshariMeshariMeshari is the first book written and published in Albanian. The book was written by Gjon Buzuku, a Catholic cleric in 1555. The book contains 188 pages and is written in two columns. Meshari is the translation of the main parts of the Catholic Liturgy into Albanian...
(first book published in the Albanian languageAlbanian languageAlbanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
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- Alonso de MolinaAlonso de MolinaAlonso de Molina was a Franciscan priest and grammarian, who wrote a well-known dictionary of the Nahuatl language published in 1571....
- Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicanaAqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicanaAquí comiença un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana is a Spanish-to-Nahuatl dictionary by Alonso de Molina published in 1555. It was the first dictionary to be published in the New World, and was a forerunner to Molina's significant Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana of... - Olaus MagnusOlaus MagnusOlaus Magnus was a Swedish ecclesiastic and writer, who did pioneering work for the interest of Nordic people. He was reported as born in October 1490 in Östergötland, and died on August 1, 1557. Magnus, Latin for the Swedish Stor “great”, is a Latin family name taken personally, and not a...
- Historia de Gentibus SeptentrionalibusA Description of the Northern PeoplesHistoria de Gentibus Septentrionalibus was a monumental work by Olaus Magnus on the Nordic countries, printed in Rome 1555. It was a work which long remained for the rest of Europe the authority on Swedish matters. Its popularity increased by the numerous woodcuts of people and their customs,... - Jacques Peletier du MansJacques Peletier du MansJacques Pelletier du Mans, also spelled Peletier, in Latin: Peletarius , was a humanist, poet and mathematician of the French Renaissance....
- L'Art poetique ("The Art of Poetry") - Georg WickramGeorg WickramGeorg Wickram was a German poet and novelist.Wickram was born at Colmar in Alsace; the exact date of his birth and death are unknown. He founded a Meistersinger school in Colmar in 1549, and has left a number of Meistersingerlieder...
- Das Rollwagenbuchlein
Births
- June 11 - Lodovico ZacconiLodovico ZacconiLodovico Zacconi was an Italian-Austrian composer and musical theorist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras...
, theologian and music writer (d. 1627) - December 27 - Johann ArndtJohann ArndtJohann Arndt was a German Lutheran theologian who wrote several influential books of devotional Christianity...
, theologian (d. 1621) - date unknown
- Lancelot AndrewesLancelot AndrewesLancelot Andrewes was an English bishop and scholar, who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. During the latter's reign, Andrewes served successively as Bishop of Chichester, Ely and Winchester and oversaw the translation of the...
, clergyman and scholar (d. 1626) - Richard Carew, translator and antiquary (d. 1620)
- John DoddridgeJohn DoddridgeSir John Doddridge was an English lawyer, judge and Member of Parliament, known also as an antiquarian and writer...
, lawyer, politician, antiquarian and writer (d. 1628) - Moderata FonteModerata FonteModerata Fonte, pseudonym of Modesta Pozzo was an Italian writer from Venice. Besides the posthumously-published dialogue, Il merito delle donne for which she is best known, she wrote a romance and religious poetry...
, writer of romance and religious poetry (d. 1592) - François de MalherbeFrançois de MalherbeFrançois de Malherbe was a French poet, critic, and translator.-Life:Born in Le-Locheur , his family was of some position, though it seems not to have been able to establish to the satisfaction of heralds the claims which it made to nobility older than the 16th century.He was the eldest son of...
, poet, critic and translator (d. 1628)
- Lancelot Andrewes
Deaths
- February 9 - Christian EgenolffChristian EgenolffChristian Egenolff or Egenolph , also known as Christian Egenolff, the Elder, was the first important printer and publisher operating from Frankfurt-am-Main, and best-known for his and re-issue of books by Adam Ries, Erasmus von Rotterdam and Ulrich von Hutten...
, printer and publisher (b. 1502) - April 18 - Polydore VergilPolydore VergilPolydore Vergil was an Italian historian, otherwise known as PV Castellensis. He is better known as the contemporary historian during the early Tudor dynasty. He was hired by King Henry VIII of England, who wanted to distance himself from his father Henry VII as much as possible, to document...
, Tudor historian (b. c. 1470) - July 2 - Girolamo dai LibriGirolamo dai LibriGirolamo dai Libri was an Italian illuminator of manuscripts and painter of altarpieces, working in an early-Renaissance style....
, illuminator of manuscripts (b. c. 1475)