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- Births
- Deaths
- References
{{Refimprove|date=August 2015}}{{Year nav topic5|1508|literature}}This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1508. Events- April 4 – John Lydgate's poem The Complaint of the Black Knight becomes the first book printed in Scotland.[1]
- The earliest known printed edition of the chivalric romance Amadis de Gaula, as edited and expanded by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, is published in Castilian at Zaragoza.
- Elia Levita completes writing the Bovo-Bukh in Yiddish.
New booksProse- Desiderius Erasmus – Adagiorum chiliades (2nd ed., Venice)
- Johannes Trithemius – De septem secundeis[2]
Drama- Ludovico Ariosto – La Cassaria
- The World and the Child (possible date)
Poetry{{main|1508 in poetry}}- William Dunbar
- The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy, and Other Poems
- The Goldyn Targe
Births- April 3 – Jean Daurat, French poet and scholar, member of La Pléiade (died 1588)
- April 23 – Georg Sabinus, German poet, diplomat and academic (died 1560)
- June 13 – Alessandro Piccolomini, Italian humanist philosopher, translator and playwright (died 1579)
- December 21 – Thomas Naogeorgus, German Protestant reformer and Latin-language playwright (died 1563)
- Unknown dates
- Marin Držić, Croatian dramatist, author and poet (died 1567)
- Isabel de Josa, Catalan writer (died 1575)
- Primož Trubar, Slovene Protestant reformer, pioneer of Slovenian written language (died 1586)
Deaths- February 4 – Conrad Celtes, German and Latin-language poet (born 1459)
- May 13 – Martial d'Auvergne, French poet (born 1420)
- June 6 – Ercole Strozzi, Italian poet, murdered (born 1471)
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Best April day in history|url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/best-april-day-in-history-1-1164736|website=Scotsman|accessdate=25 April 2018|language=en}}
2. ^{{cite book|title=The Harp and the Constitution: Myths of Celtic and Gothic Origin|date=2015|publisher=BRILL|isbn=9789004306387|page=177|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eXPsCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA177|language=en}}
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