1515 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1515.

Events

 * Christoph Froschauer becomes the first printer in Zürich.

Prose

 * Martin of Arles – Tractatus de superstitionibus, contra maleficia seu sortilegia quae hodie vigent in orbe terrarum

Drama

 * c. 1514–15 – Gian Giorgio Trissino – Sophonisba

Poetry

 * Alexander Barclay (translated from Baptista Mantuanus) – Saint George
 * John of Capistrano – Capystranus (published in London)
 * Approximate year – Stephen Hawes – The Comforte of Lovers [sic]

Births

 * March 28 – Teresa of Ávila, Spanish Carmelite mystic, saint and poet (died 1582)
 * Unknown dates
 * Nicolas Denisot, French poet and painter (died 1559)
 * Brne Karnarutić, Croatian poet and writer (died 1573)
 * Ambrosius Lobwasser, Saxon humanist, translator and psalmist (died 1585)
 * Johann Weyer, Dutch occultist (died 1588)
 * probable
 * Roger Ascham, English scholar (died 1568)
 * William Baldwin, English writer, editor and theatrical director (died c. 1563)

Deaths

 * February 16 – Aldus Manutius, Italian printer-publisher and poet (born 1449)
 * unknown date Jacques Almain, French theologian (year of birth unknown)