1755 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1755. —Self-deprecating definition by Samuel Johnson from A Dictionary of the English Language Events April 15 – Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published by the group of London booksellers who commissioned it in June 1746, two months after Johnson was awarded the degree of Master of Arts (A.M.) by the University of Oxford, his alma mater. unknown dates Milton's Paradise Lost is translated into French prose by Louis Racine. The first New Testament in the Ume Sami language is published. New Books