1532 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1532. Events unknown dates William Thynne's edition of The Workes of Geffray Chaucer is published in England. First edition of François Villon's Œuvres with a commentary by Clément Marot is published in France. First complete edition of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso is published in Italy. Yamazaki Sōkan compiles the Shinseninutsukubashū, a significant anthology of Japanese renku poetry (from which haiku will develop). New books Prose Otto Brunfels – Contrafayt Kräuterbuch (second and final part: 1537) Sebald Heyden – De arte canendi (first installment) Niccolò Machiavelli (posthumous) – The Prince (Il Principe) Thomas More – The Confutation of Tyndale's Answer François Rabelais (as Alcofribas Nasier) – Pantagruel (Les horribles et épouvantables faits et prouesses du très renommé Pantagruel Roi des Dipsodes, fils du Grand Géant Gargantua) Feliciano de Silva – Don Florisel de Niquea