1568 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1568.

Events

• October – The Bishops' Bible (inscribed The Holie Bible) is published as a translation into English made under the authority of the Church of England.^[1]

New books

Prose

• Wawrzyniec Grzymała Goślicki – De optimo senatore^[2]
• Petar Hektorović – Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje (Discourse on Fishing and Fishermen)^[3]
• Hans Sachs and Jost Amman (illustrations) – Das Ständebuch (Book of Trades)
• William Turner
  • Of Sage
  • A New Boke on the Natures and Properties of all Wines
• Giorgio Vasari – Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori (Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects; revised edition)
• Christopher Watson (translator) – The hystories of the most famous and worthy chronographer Polybius^[4]

Children

• Niels Bredal – The Child's Mirror (in Danish)

Drama

• Ulpian Fulwell – Like Will to Like
• William Wager – The Longer Thou Livest, The More Foole Thou Art

Poetry

• François d'Amboise – Élégie sur le trépas d'Anne de Montmorency
• See also 1568 in poetry

Births

• January 20 – Daniel Cramer, German Lutheran theologian (died 1637)
• February 11 – Honoré d'Urfé, French novelist (died 1625)
• March 30 – Henry Wotton, English diplomat and author (died 1639)^[5]
• July 7 – Richard Burbage, English actor and theater owner (died 1619)
• September 5 – Tommaso Campanella, Italian philosopher and poet (died 1639)
• Unknown date – Richard Baker, English chronicler (died 1645)

Deaths

• April 7 – Onofrio Panvinio, Italian historian (born 1529)
• September 14 – Jan van Casembroot, Flemish humanist poet (executed, born c. 1525)
• December 23 – Roger Ascham, English didact (born c. 1515)
• Unknown dates
  • Antoine Héroet, French poet
  • Garcia de Orta, Portuguese Jewish physician, naturalist, and medical writer (born 1501/2)
  • Dirk Philips, Frisian Anabaptist theologian (born 1504)