1506 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1506.

Events

 * unknown date – Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto begins writing Orlando Furioso (earliest version published in 1516; first complete version published 1532).

Poetry

 * Publio Fausto Andrelini – Eclogues
 * William Dunbar – The Dance of the Sevin Deidly Synnis [sic]
 * Stephen Hawes – The Passtyme of Pleasure
 * Niccolò Machiavelli – The First Decade (Decennale primo)

Births

 * February 1 (approximate) – George Buchanan, Scottish humanist historian, scholar and poet (died 1582)
 * August 12 – Franciscus Sonnius, Dutch counter-Reformation theologian (died 1576)
 * October – Louis de Blois, Flemish mystical writer (died 1566)
 * December 8 – Veit Dietrich, German theologian, writer and reformer (died 1549)
 * Unknown dates
 * Abderrahman El Majdoub, North African poet, Sufi and mystic
 * Michael Helding (Sidonius), Roman Catholic bishop, scholar, writer and humanist (died 1561)
 * probable
 * Richard Grafton, English chronicler and King's Printer (died 1573)
 * Hwang Jini, Korean woman kisaeng and poet (died c. 1560)

Deaths

 * February 16 – Jakub of Gostynin, Polish philosopher (born c.1454)
 * May 2 – Johannes von Soest, German composer, theorist and poet (born 1448)
 * unknown date – Mihri Hatun, Ottoman Anatolian female poet