1506 in literature
# 1506 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1506.

## Events

* unknown date – Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto begins writing Orlando Furioso (earliest version published in 1516; first complete version published 1532).

## New books

### Poetry

* Publio Fausto Andrelini – Eclogues
* William Dunbar – The Dance of the Sevin Deidly Synnis
* Stephen Hawes – The Passtyme of Pleasure
* Niccolò Machiavelli – The First Decade (Decennale primo)

## Births

* February 1 (approximate) – George Buchanan, Scottish humanist historian, scholar and poet (died 1582)
* August 12 – Franciscus Sonnius, Dutch counter-Reformation theologian (died 1576)
* October – Louis de Blois, Flemish mystical writer (died 1566)
* December 8 – Veit Dietrich, German theologian, writer and reformer (died 1549)
* Unknown dates
   * Abderrahman El Majdoub, North African poet, Sufi and mystic
   * Michael Helding (Sidonius), Roman Catholic bishop, scholar, writer and humanist (died 1561)
* probable
   * Richard Grafton, English chronicler and King's Printer (died 1573)
   * Hwang Jini, Korean woman kisaeng and poet (died c. 1560)

## Deaths

* February 16 – Jakub of Gostynin, Polish philosopher (born c.1454)
* May 2 – Johannes von Soest, German composer, theorist and poet (born 1448)
* unknown date – Mihri Hatun, Ottoman Anatolian female poet
