• Source: 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

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      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

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


      = Drama

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


      = Poetry

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      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)


      References

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