1575 in literature
# 1575 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1575.

## Events

* July – Sir Philip Sidney meets Penelope Devereux, the inspiration for his Astrophel and Stella.
* September 26 – Miguel de Cervantes is captured by Barbary pirates.
* unknown date
   * The first primer in the Estonian language is published.
   * First printed version of Don Juan Manuel's Tales of Count Lucanor appears. It was originally written in 1335.

## New books

### Prose

* Anonymous – Arbatel de magia veterum
* Ulpian Fulwell – The Flower of Fame (appendices in verse)

### Drama

* George Gascoigne – The Glass of Government

### Poetry

* Veronica Franco – Terze rime

## Births

* April – Jakob Böhme, German theologian (died 1624)
* August 14 – Robert Hayman, Newfoundland poet (died 1624)
* August 15 – Bartol Kašić, Croatian linguist (died 1650)
* Unknown dates
   * David Calderwood, Scottish historian (died 1650)
   * John Cotta, English physician and writer (died 1650)
   * Giovanni Stefano Menochio, Italian Jesuit scholar (died 1655)
   * Cyril Tourneur, English dramatist (died 1626)
   * William Vaughan, Welsh writer and colonist (died 1641)

## Deaths

* March 11 – Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian writing in Latin (born 1520)
* June 9 – Paulus Aemilius, Hebrew bibliographer and publisher
* July 14 – Richard Taverner, English Bible translator (born c. 1505)
* August 14 – Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Spanish novelist and poet (born 1503)
* September 17 – Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss theologian (born 1504)
* December 1 – Diogo de Paiva de Andrada, Portuguese theologian (born 1528)
* December 18 – Marcin Bielski, Polish chronicler and poet (born 1495)
* unknown dates
   * Sir William Stevenson, English poet (born 1530)
   * Isabel de Josa, Catalan writer (born 1508)
