1516 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1516.

Events

• March 1 – Desiderius Erasmus publishes a new Greek translation of the New Testament, Novum Instrumentum omne, in Basel. This year Erasmus also writes The Education of a Christian Prince although it is not published until 1532.
• c. December – Thomas More's Utopia, combining fiction and political philosophy and completed this year, is published in Leuven in Latin.
• unknown dates
• Samuel Nedivot's the 14th century Hebrew Sefer Abudirham in Fez is the first book printed in Africa.
• Paolo Ricci translates the 13th century Kabbalistic work Sha'are Orah by Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla into Latin, as Portae Lucis.

New books

Prose

• Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
• (published in Casale)
• Bartolomé de las Casas – Memorial de Remedios para las Indias
• Erasmus – Novum Instrumentum omne
• Robert Fabyan (anonymous; died c. 1512) – The New Chronicles of England and France (published by Richard Pynson in London)
• Marsilio Ficino –
• Thomas More – Utopia
• Andre Pauernfeindt – ' (Foundation of the knightly art of combat by the fencing guild of Vienna)