1514 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1514.

Events

 * May 15 – The earliest printed edition of Saxo Grammaticus' 12th-century Scandinavian history Gesta Danorum, edited by Christiern Pedersen from an original found near Lund, is published as Danorum Regum heroumque Historiae by Jodocus Badius in Paris.
 * unknown dates
 * Gregorio de Gregorii begins printing Kitab Salat al-Sawa'i (a Christian book of hours), the first known book printed in the Arabic alphabet using movable type, in Venice, falsely assigned to Fano.
 * Clément Marot presents his poem Judgment of Minos to Francis I of France and begins styling himself facteur de la reine ("queen's poet") to Queen Claude.

Prose

 * Desiderius Erasmus (attributed) – Julius Excluded from Heaven (Julius exclusus de caelis)

Births

 * February 8 – Daniele Barbaro, Italian humanist polymath, writer and translator (died 1570)
 * November 29 – Andreas Musculus, German theologian (died 1581)
 * unknown date – Al-Akhdari, Arabic poet (died 1546)

Deaths

 * October 7 – Bernardo Rucellai, Florentine historian (born 1448)
 * November 28 - Hartmann Schedel, German humanist historian and cartographer (born 1440)
 * unknown dates
 * Peter Crockaert, Flemish philosopher
 * Nicolaus Ragvaldi, Swedish monk and translator