1535 in literature

Events

• October 4 – Publication of Myles Coverdale's complete Bible translation into English in Antwerp is completed.
• unknown date – The earliest printed book in Estonian, a Catechism with a translation by Johann Koell from the Middle Low German Lutheran text of Simon Wanradt, is printed by Hans Lufft in Wittenberg for use in Tallinn.

  New books

Prose

• John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners – Huon of Burdeuxe
• Desiderius Erasmus – Ecclesiastes: sive de ratione concionandi
• Simon Wanradt and Johann Koell – Catechism

  Poetry

Births

• Thomas North, English translator
• Approximate years
• *George Gascoigne, English writer, soldier and courtier
• *Thomas Legge, English dramatist

  Deaths

• February 7 – Thomas More, English social philosopher, politician and author
• October 10 – Pedro Manuel Jiménez de Urrea, Spanish poet and dramatist
• Unknown date – Girolamo Angeriano, poet in Italian and Latin