1377 in literature

Events

• May 10 – A deputy is appointed to take charge of Geoffrey Chaucer’s duties at customs, Chaucer being busy with diplomatic business. Chaucer makes two trips to France in the course of this year.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Ibn Khaldun begins work on the Muqaddimah.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Nicole Oresme is elected bishop of Lisieux. Oresme's French translations from Latin versions of Aristotle are an important contribution to the development of the French language.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Ali ibn Mohammed al-Jurjani returns to Shiraz from Constantinople to become a teacher.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Production of the earliest known copy of the Laurentian Codex.
• Scottish poet John Barbour is rewarded for his latest work with ten pounds Scots.

Births

• May 2 - Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian poet (died 1445)

Deaths

• April - Guillaume de Machaut, French poet and composer (born c.1300)