1505 in literature

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This article presents a list of literary events and publications during 1505.

Events

• Unknown date - Giovanni Battista Ramusio becomes secretary to Alvise Mocenigo.

New books

• Georges Chastellain (died 1475) – Récollections des merveilles advenues en mon temps
• Stephen Hawes – The Temple of Glass
• Lodovico Lazzarelli (died 1500) – Crater Hermetis
• Pierre Le Baud (died September 29) – Cronique des roys et princes de Bretaigne armoricane (completed)
• Primer of Claude of France

New poetry

Main article: 1505 in poetry

• Pietro Bembo – Gli Asolani
• Jean Lemaire de Belges – Epîtres de l'amant vert

Births

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Margaret Roper (1505-1544)

• February 4 – Mikołaj Rej, Polish poet, politician and musician (died 1569)
• Unknown date – Margaret Roper, English writer and translator, daughter of Thomas More (died 1544)
• Approximate year
  • Nicholas Bourbon, French court preceptor and poet (died 1550)
  • Lodovico Castelvetro, Italian literary critic (died 1571)
  • John Wedderburn, Scottish religious reformer and poet (died 1556)
  • Hugh Weston, English churchman and academic (died 1556)
  • Georg Wickram, German poet and novelist (died before 1562)
  • Wu Cheng'en, Chinese novelist and poet (died c. 1580)

Deaths

• September 29 – Pierre Le Baud, French historian (born c.1450)
• October 4 (buried) – Robert Wydow, English poet, church musician and cleric (born 1446)
• Unknown date
  • Adam of Fulda, German musical writer (born c. 1445)
  • Al-Suyuti, Egyptian religious scholar, juristic expert, teacher and Islamic theologian (born c. 1445)
  • Veit Arnpeck, Bavarian historian (born 1440)
• Approximate year – Tito Vespasiano Strozzi, Italian Latin-language poet (born c. 1424)