1546 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1546.

Events

 * July 17 – Peter Faber, appointed by Pope Paul III to act as a peritus on behalf of the Holy See at the Council of Trent, arrives in Rome; exhausted by his journey; he dies a fortnight later.
 * unknown date – Francisco de Moraes visits Paris for the second time, obtaining inspiration for his Palmerin d'Angleterre.

Prose

 * Sir John Prise of Brecon (anonymously) – Yn y lhyvyr hwnn (first book printed in Welsh)
 * François Rabelais – Le Tiers Livre

Drama

 * Sperone Speroni – Canace (published)

Poetry

 * See 1546 in poetry

Births

 * March 27 – Johannes Piscator, German theologian (died 1625)
 * May 21 – Madeleine de l'Aubespine, French poet and patron (died 1596)
 * October 5 – Cyriakus Schneegass, German Lutheran pastor, composer and music theorist (died 1597)
 * unknown dates
 * Philippe Desportes, French poet (died 1606)
 * Pierre de La Primaudaye, French Protestant writer (died 1619)
 * Veronica Franco, Venetian poet and courtesan (died 1591)
 * Daniel Adam z Veleslavína, Czech lexicographer, publisher and writer (died 1599)

Deaths

 * February 18 – Martin Luther, German theologian and reformer, 62
 * April 7 – Friedrich Myconius, German Lutheran theologian, 55
 * August 1 – Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian, 40
 * August 3 – Étienne Dolet, French humanist writer and printer, 37 (executed for heresy)