1522 in literature
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Template:Short description Template:Year nav topic5 This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1522.
Events
- September 21 – Luther Bible: Martin Luther's translation of the Bible's New Testament into Early New High German from Greek, Das newe Testament Deutzsch, is published in Germany, selling thousands in the first few weeks.
- Luo Guanzhong's 14th-century compilation Romance of the Three Kingdoms is first printed, as Sanguozhi Tongsu Yanyi.
New books

Prose
- Desiderius Erasmus – Novum Testamentum (Greek Textus Receptus of the New Testament, third edition)
- Martin Luther – Against Henry, King of the English (Contra Henricum Regem Anglie)
- Adam Ries – Template:Lang
Drama
- Niklaus Manuel Deutsch I – Vom Papst und Christi Gegensatz
- The World and the Child (Mundus et Infans, published)
Poetry
- Thomas Murner – Von dem grossen Lutherischen Narren ("Of the Great Lutheran Fool")<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Births
- February – Jean de Nostredame, Provençal historian (died c.1576)
- June 1 – Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert, Dutch classical scholar (died 1590)
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- Joachim du Bellay, French poet (died 1560)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Siôn Tudur, Welsh poet (died 1602)
Deaths
- January 25 – Raffaello Maffei, Italian humanist historian and theologian (born 1451)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- February 25 – William Lilye, English classical scholar (born c. 1468)
- June 30 – Johann Reuchlin, German humanist scholar and poet (born 1455)
- September – Gavin Douglas, Scottish poet and bishop (born c. 1474)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>