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- Anonymous, Sir Lamwell, publication year uncertain but thought to be sometime from 1530 to this year; a version of an Authurian "fairy mistress" tale from Marie de France's Lai de Lanval, written in the second half of the 12th century[1]
- Geoffrey Chaucer, The Works of Geffray Chauceur, edited by William Thynne (see also Woorks 1561, Workes 1598); Great Britain[1]
- William Walter, Guistarde and Sigismonde, translation of Boccaccio's Decameron, Day 4, Tale 1, translated from a Latin version by Leonardo Bruni and edited by Robert Copland); Great Britain[1]
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- Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, first definitive version published; Italy
- Clément Marot, L’Adolescence clémentine, including many poems in formes fixes (ballades and rondeaux) as well as the long allegorical poem Le Temple de Cupidon; the author's first published collection; France[2]
- Yamazaki Sōkan, editor, Shinseninutsukubashū, significant anthology of early Japanese haikai renga from which haiku later developed
- François Villon, Oeuvres ("Works"), first edition with commentary on the works by Clément Marot; France
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Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6