1505 in literature

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1505.

Events

Unknown date
- Thomas Murner is "crowned" Poet Laureate to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.^[1]
- Giovanni Battista Ramusio becomes secretary to Alvise (or Aloisio) Mocenigo, member of the patrician Mocenigo family.^[2]

Georges Chastellain (died 1475) – Récollections des merveilles advenues en mon temps
Stephen Hawes – The Temple of Glass
Lodovico Lazzarelli (died 1500) – Crater Hermetis
Pierre Le Baud (died September 29) – Cronique des roys et princes de Bretaigne armoricane (completed)
Primer of Claude of France

February 4 – Mikołaj Rej, Polish poet, politician and musician (died 1569)^[3]
Unknown date – Margaret Roper, English writer and translator, daughter of Thomas More (died 1544)^[4]
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- Nicholas Bourbon, French court preceptor and poet (died 1550)
- Lodovico Castelvetro, Italian literary critic (died 1571)
- John Wedderburn, Scottish religious reformer and poet (died 1556)
- Hugh Weston, English churchman and academic (died 1556)
- Georg Wickram, German poet and novelist (died before 1562)
- Wu Cheng'en, Chinese novelist and poet (died c. 1580)

August 30 – Tito Vespasiano Strozzi, Italian Latin-language poet (born c. 1424)^[5]
September 29 – Pierre Le Baud, French historian (born c.1450)^[6]
October 4 (buried) – Robert Wydow, English poet, church musician and cleric (born 1446)
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- Adam of Fulda, German musical writer (born c. 1445)^[7]
- Al-Suyuti, Egyptian religious scholar, juristic expert, teacher and Islamic theologian (born c. 1445)^[8]
- Veit Arnpeck, Bavarian historian (born 1440)^[9]