title: 1506 in literature
text: # 1506 in literature
  
  This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1506.
  
  ## Events
  
  * unknown date – Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto begins writing Orlando Furioso (earliest version published in 1516; first complete version published 1532).
  
  ## New books
  
  ### Poetry
  
  * Publio Fausto Andrelini – Eclogues
  * William Dunbar – The Dance of the Sevin Deidly Synnis
  * Stephen Hawes – The Passtyme of Pleasure
  * Niccolò Machiavelli – The First Decade (Decennale primo)
  
  ## Births
  
  * February 1 (approximate) – George Buchanan, Scottish humanist historian, scholar and poet (died 1582)
  * August 12 – Franciscus Sonnius, Dutch counter-Reformation theologian (died 1576)
  * October – Louis de Blois, Flemish mystical writer (died 1566)
  * December 8 – Veit Dietrich, German theologian, writer and reformer (died 1549)
  * Unknown dates
     * Abderrahman El Majdoub, North African poet, Sufi and mystic
     * Michael Helding (Sidonius), Roman Catholic bishop, scholar, writer and humanist (died 1561)
  * probable
     * Richard Grafton, English chronicler and King's Printer (died 1573)
     * Hwang Jini, Korean woman kisaeng and poet (died c. 1560)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * February 16 – Jakub of Gostynin, Polish philosopher (born c.1454)
  * May 2 – Johannes von Soest, German composer, theorist and poet (born 1448)
  * unknown date – Mihri Hatun, Ottoman Anatolian female poet
  