1575 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1575.

Events

 * July – Sir Philip Sidney meets Penelope Devereux, the inspiration for his Astrophel and Stella.
 * September 26 – Miguel de Cervantes is captured by Barbary pirates.
 * unknown date
 * The first primer in the Estonian language is published.
 * First printed version of Don Juan Manuel's Tales of Count Lucanor appears. It was originally written in 1335.

Prose

 * Anonymous – Arbatel de magia veterum
 * Ulpian Fulwell – The Flower of Fame (appendices in verse)

Drama

 * George Gascoigne – The Glass of Government

Poetry

 * Veronica Franco – Terze rime

Births

 * April – Jakob Böhme, German theologian (died 1624)
 * August 14 – Robert Hayman, Newfoundland poet (died 1624)
 * August 15 – Bartol Kašić, Croatian linguist (died 1650)
 * Unknown dates
 * David Calderwood, Scottish historian (died 1650)
 * John Cotta, English physician and writer (died 1650)
 * Giovanni Stefano Menochio, Italian Jesuit scholar (died 1655)
 * Cyril Tourneur, English dramatist (died 1626)
 * William Vaughan, Welsh writer and colonist (died 1641)

Deaths

 * March 11 – Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian writing in Latin (born 1520)
 * June 9 – Paulus Aemilius, Hebrew bibliographer and publisher
 * July 14 – Richard Taverner, English Bible translator (born c. 1505)
 * August 14 – Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Spanish novelist and poet (born 1503)
 * September 17 – Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss theologian (born 1504)
 * December 1 – Diogo de Paiva de Andrada, Portuguese theologian (born 1528)
 * December 18 – Marcin Bielski, Polish chronicler and poet (born 1495)
 * unknown dates
 * Sir William Stevenson, English poet (born 1530)
 * Isabel de Josa, Catalan writer (born 1508)