title: 1520 in literature
text: # 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)
  