1568 in literature
# 1568 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1568.

## Events

* October – The Bishops' Bible (inscribed The Holie Bible) is published as a translation into English made under the authority of the Church of England.

## New books

### Prose

* Wawrzyniec Grzymała Goślicki – De optimo senatore
* Petar Hektorović – Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje (Discourse on Fishing and Fishermen)
* Hans Sachs and Jost Amman (illustrations) – Das Ständebuch (Book of Trades)
* William Turner
   * Of Sage
   * A New Boke on the Natures and Properties of all Wines
* Giorgio Vasari – Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori (Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects; revised edition)
* Christopher Watson (translator) – The hystories of the most famous and worthy chronographer Polybius

### Children

* Niels Bredal – The Child's Mirror (in Danish)

### Drama

* Ulpian Fulwell – Like Will to Like
* William Wager – The Longer Thou Livest, The More Foole Thou Art

### Poetry

* François d'Amboise – Élégie sur le trépas d'Anne de Montmorency
* See also 1568 in poetry

## Births

* January 20 – Daniel Cramer, German Lutheran theologian (died 1637)
* February 11 – Honoré d'Urfé, French novelist (died 1625)
* March 30 – Henry Wotton, English diplomat and author (died 1639)
* July 7 – Richard Burbage, English actor and theater owner (died 1619)
* September 5 – Tommaso Campanella, Italian philosopher and poet (died 1639)
* Unknown date – Richard Baker, English chronicler (died 1645)

## Deaths

* April 7 – Onofrio Panvinio, Italian historian (born 1529)
* September 14 – Jan van Casembroot, Flemish humanist poet (executed, born c. 1525)
* December 23 – Roger Ascham, English didact (born c. 1515)
* Unknown dates
   * Antoine Héroet, French poet
   * Garcia de Orta, Portuguese Jewish physician, naturalist, and medical writer (born 1501/2)
   * Dirk Philips, Frisian Anabaptist theologian (born 1504)
