1516 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1516. Events March 1 – Desiderius Erasmus publishes a new Greek translation of the New Testament, Novum Instrumentum omne, in Basel. This year Erasmus also writes The Education of a Christian Prince although it is not published until 1532. c. December – Thomas More's Utopia, combining fiction and political philosophy and completed this year, is published in Leuven in Latin. unknown dates Samuel Nedivot's the 14th century Hebrew Sefer Abudirham in Fez is the first book printed in Africa. Paolo Ricci translates the 13th century Kabbalistic work Sha'are Orah by Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla into Latin, as Portae Lucis. New books