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.
New books Prose 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 (later known as The Complete Herbal) Owen Feltham – Brief Character of the Low Countries Antonio Rocco – L'Alcibiade, fanciullo a scola (Alcibiades the schoolboy) Thomas Urquhart – The Jewel (Ekskybalauron): a vindication of the honor of Scotland Henry Vaughan – Mount of Olives Thomas Vaughan (philosopher) (Eugenius Philalethes) – The Fame and Confession of the Fraternity of R:C: Gerrard Winstanley – The Law of Freedom
Drama Anonymous – The Bastard Richard Brome – A Jovial Crew Francis Goldsmith – Sophompaneas, or Joseph (a translation of Hugo Grotius's tragedy) Thomas Middleton – The Widow John Tatham – The Scots Figgaries Pedro Calderon de la Barca – La fiera, el rayo y la piedra Agustín Moreto San Franco de Siena El parecido en la corte Luis Velez de Guevara – Reinar después de morir François le Métel de Boisrobert – Les Trois Orontes
Poetry 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
Births March 2 – Thomas Otway, English dramatist (died 1685) April 13 – Thomas Ward, English Catholic writer (died 1708) May – Jane Barker, English poet and dramatist (died 1732) Unknown date – Nahum Tate, Irish poet and dramatist (died 1715)
Deaths February 28 – Arcangela Tarabotti, Venetian nun and feminist writer (born 1604) April 12 – John Vicars, English contemporary biographer, poet and polemicist of the English Civil War (born 1582) May – Claude de L'Estoile, French playwright and poet (born 1602) May 5 – Mary (née Powell), English wife of John Milton (born 1625) June 25 – Abraham von Franckenberg, German mystic, poet, and hymn writer (born 1593) August 14 – Abraham Elzevir, Dutch printer, proprietor of the House of Elzevir (born 1592) October – Arthur Wilson, English playwright, historian, and poet (born 1595) October 8 – John Greaves, English antiquary (born 1602) October 20 – Antonio Coello, Spanish dramatist and poet (born 1611) November 29 – Francesco Angeloni, Italian historian, novelist, dramatist and collector (born 1587) December 2 – Christopher Elderfield, English theologian (born 1607) December 23 – John Cotton, English-born American theologian and minister (born 1585)
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