1550 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1550.

Events June – Robert Estienne leaves Paris for Geneva, where he sets up a printing press. July 17 – In England, King Edward VI gives Humphrey Powell a grant to start printing in Ireland. unknown dates The first book in Slovene, Catechismus, is written by Protestant reformer Primož Trubar and printed in Schwäbisch Hall, Holy Roman Empire, followed by his Abecedarium. Nostradamus' first almanac is printed. The Chinese shenmo fantasy novel Fengshen Yanyi is first published in book form.

New books Prose Leandro Alberti – Istoria di Bologna Martin Bucer – De regno Christi Thomas Cranmer – Defence of the True and Catholic Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ Doddayya – Chandraprabha Purana Louis Maigret – Traité de la Grammaire française (the first grammatical description of French) Ramamatya – Svaramelakalanidhi (treatise on music) Richard Sherry – A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Primož Trubar Catechismus Abecedarium The Facetious Nights of Straparola (the first European storybook of fairy tales) Giorgio Vasari – Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects Rosary of the Philosophers

Drama Thomas Naogeorgus – Agricultura sacra Hans Sachs Der fahrende Schüler im Paradies Das Wildbad

Poetry See 1550 in poetry

Births December 22 – Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (died 1631) unknown dates Wacker von Wackenfels, German diplomat, scholar and author (died 1619) Zang Maoxun, Chinese playwright (died 1620) Probable year of birth – Philip Henslowe, Elizabethan theatrical entrepreneur and impresario (died 1616)

Deaths February – Marcantonio Flaminio, Latin-language poet (born c. 1498) July 9 (probable date) – Jacopo Bonfadio, Italian historian, executed for sodomy (born c. 1508) December 8 – Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian poet, dramatist and grammarian (born 1478) unknown date Eguinaire Baron, French legal writer (born 1495) William Lamb alias Paniter, Scottish writer, cleric and lawyer (born c. 1493)

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