1547 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1547. Events July 20 – On the death of the Alsatian scholar Beatus Rhenanus, his personal collection of around 670 books is bequeathed to the Humanist Library of Sélestat, where it remains intact in the 21st century. unknown date – Japanese Buddhist poet and diplomat Sakugen Shūryō leads a mission sent by the Ashikaga shogunate to the court of the Jiajing Emperor in Beijing. New books Prose Certain Sermons or Homilies Appointed to Be Read in Churches, book 1 Andrés de Olmos – Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana Martynas Mažvydas – The Simple Words of Catechism (first printed book in Lithuanian) Catherine Parr – The Lamentation of a Sinner William Salesbury – A Dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe "Lucas Shepeherd" – John Bon and Mast Parson Gian Giorgio Trissino – Italia liberata dai Goti