1571 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1571.

Events

• October 7 – Naval Battle of Lepanto; Miguel de Cervantes's left arm is rendered useless. Venetian playwright Luigi Pasqualigo commands a galleon.
• Michel de Montaigne retires from public life and isolates himself in the tower of the Château de Montaigne.
• First printing in the Irish language, Aibidil Gaoidheilge agus Caiticiosma, a primer printed by John Kearney in Dublin.^[1]
• Laurentian Library in Florence opened to scholars.

New books

Prose

• François de Belleforest – La Pyrénée (or La Pastorale amoureuse) (the first French "pastoral novel")
• Bishop John Jewel – Second Book of Homilies
• Alonso de Molina
  • Arte de la lengua mexicana y castellana
  • Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana

Drama

• Richard Edwards – Damon and Pythias

Poetry

• See 1571 in poetry

Deaths

• May 4 – Pierre Viret, Swiss theologian (born 1511)
• May 29 – Joachim Mörlin, German Lutheran theologian (born 1514)
• July 17 – Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (born 1516)
• November 24 – Jan Blahoslav, Czech poet and translator (born 1523)
• December 28 – John Hales, English writer and administrator (born c. 1516)
• Unknown dates
  • Lodovico Castelvetro, Italian literary critic (born c. 1505)
  • Bartolomeo Maranta, Italian literary theorist (born 1500)
  • Andrés de Olmos, Spanish grammarian (born c. 1485)

References