1522 in literature

Drama

• Niklaus Manuel Deutsch I – Vom Papst und Christi Gegensatz
• The World and the Child (Mundus et Infans, published)

Poetry

• Thomas Murner – Von dem grossen Lutherischen Narren ("Of the Great Lutheran Fool")

Births

• February – Jean de Nostredame, Provençal historian (died c.1576)
• June 1 – Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert, Dutch classical scholar (died 1590)
• unknown dates
• Joachim du Bellay, French poet (died 1560)
• Siôn Tudur, Welsh poet (died 1602)

Deaths

• January 25 – Raffaello Maffei, Italian humanist historian and theologian (born 1451)
• February 25 – William Lilye, English classical scholar (born c. 1468)
• June 30 – Johann Reuchlin, German humanist scholar and poet (born 1455)
• September – Gavin Douglas, Scottish poet and bishop (born c. 1474)

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