1520 in literature
# 1520 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1520.

## Events

* unknown dates
   * Scholars at Complutense University, Alcalá de Henares, under the direction of Diego Lopez de Zúñiga, complete the Complutensian Polyglot Bible.
   * Ulrich von Hutten's satirical poem Aufwecker der teutschen Nation (Awakener of the German Nation) is published – his earliest work in German.

## New books

### Prose

* Hochstratus Ovans
* Martin Luther
   * To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation (An den christlichen Adel deutscher Nation)
   * On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church (De captivitate Babylonica ecclesiae praeludium)
   * On the Freedom of a Christian
* Niccolò Machiavelli – Discourse on Reforming the Government of Florence (Discorso sopra il riformare lo stato di Firenze)
* Shin Maha Thilawuntha – Yazawin Kyaw (Burmese), supplement
* Ruyijun zhuan (claimed completion date)

### Drama

* John Heywood – Johan Johan The Husband
* Approximate year – Niccolò Machiavelli: Andria

### Poetry

* Robert Copland – L'enuoy of Robert Coplande (published in London by Wynkyn de Worde)
* Terence (translated) – Terens in Englysh (published in Paris)
* Approximate year
   * John Lydgate – Testament
   * Alexander the Great
   * The Squire of Low Degree (written c. 1500; published in London by Wynkyn de Worde)

## Births

* March 3 – Matthias Flacius, German Lutheran theologian (died 1575)
* unknown date
   * François Baudouin, French humanist historian (died 1573)
   * Natalis Comes, Italian mythologist, poet and historian (died 1582)
   * Denis Lambin, French classicist (died 1572)
* probable
   * Hernando de Acuña, Spanish poet (died 1580)
   * Giovanni Bona de Boliris, Italian humanist, poet and writer, writing in Latin and Italian (died 1572)
   * Thomas Churchyard, English author and poet (died 1604)
   * Pernette Du Guillet, French poet (died 1545)
   * Jorge de Montemor, Portuguese novelist and poet, writing in Spanish (died 1561)
   * Christophe Plantin, French-born Dutch humanist and printer (died 1589)
   * Madeleine Des Roches (Madeleine Neveu), French author, poet and salonnière (died 1587)
   * Alexander Scott, Scottish poet (died 1582/83)
   * Georg Thym, German teacher, poet and writer (died 1560)

## Deaths

* March 16 – Martin Waldseemüller, German humanist and cartographer (born c.1470)
* May 31 – Johannes Aesticampianus, German humanist theologian (born 1457)
* unknown date – William Dunbar, Scottish poet (born 1459/60)
