1568 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1568.

Events

 * October – The Bishops' Bible (inscribed The Holie Bible) is published as a translation into English made under the authority of the Church of England.

Prose

 * Wawrzyniec Grzymała Goślicki – De optimo senatore
 * Petar Hektorović – Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje (Discourse on Fishing and Fishermen)
 * Hans Sachs and Jost Amman (illustrations) – Das Ständebuch (Book of Trades)
 * William Turner
 * Of Sage
 * A New Boke on the Natures and Properties of all Wines
 * Giorgio Vasari – Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori (Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects; revised edition)
 * Christopher Watson (translator) – The hystories of the most famous and worthy chronographer Polybius

Children

 * Niels Bredal – The Child's Mirror (in Danish)

Drama

 * Ulpian Fulwell – Like Will to Like
 * William Wager – The Longer Thou Livest, The More Foole Thou Art

Poetry

 * François d'Amboise – Élégie sur le trépas d'Anne de Montmorency
 * See also 1568 in poetry

Births

 * January 20 – Daniel Cramer, German Lutheran theologian (died 1637)
 * February 11 – Honoré d'Urfé, French novelist (died 1625)
 * March 30 – Henry Wotton, English diplomat and author (died 1639)
 * July 7 – Richard Burbage, English actor and theater owner (died 1619)
 * September 5 – Tommaso Campanella, Italian philosopher and poet (died 1639)
 * Unknown date – Richard Baker, English chronicler (died 1645)

Deaths

 * April 7 – Onofrio Panvinio, Italian historian (born 1529)
 * September 14 – Jan van Casembroot, Flemish humanist poet (executed, born c. 1525)
 * December 23 – Roger Ascham, English didact (born c. 1515)
 * Unknown dates
 * Antoine Héroet, French poet
 * Garcia de Orta, Portuguese Jewish physician, naturalist, and medical writer (born 1501/2)
 * Dirk Philips, Frisian Anabaptist theologian (born 1504)