1517 in literature

Events

• August 6 – Belarusian printer Francysk Skaryna in Prague begins publishing The Psalter, a Bible translation into the Ruthenian language.
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• *John of Hauville's Architrenius, a widely read Latin poem in 4,361 hexameters in nine books, is first printed by Jodocus Badius in Paris.
• *Niccolò Machiavelli writes L'asino and the comedy Andria, adapted from Terence.

  New books

Prose

• Martin Luther – Ninety-five Theses

  Drama

• Gil Vicente – A Trilogia das Barcas; part 1, Auto da Barca do Inferno

  Poetry

• Teofilo Folengo – Opus Maccaronicum, including "Baldo"
• John Skelton – The Tunnynge of Elynour Rummyng

  Births

• July 25 – Jacques Pelletier du Mans, French humanist poet and mathematician
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• *Robert Crowley, English printer, poet, polemicist and Protestant clergyman
• *Henry Howard, English nobleman and poet

  Deaths

• August – Andrea Ammonio, Italian, Latin-language poet