1577 in literature

Events

• The Curtain Theatre is built in London.
• December 4 – John of the Cross, while imprisoned in Toledo, Spain, composes his Spiritual Canticle.

  New books

Prose

• Certain Selected Histories for Christian Recreations
• Richard Eden – The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies
• John Frampton – Ioyfull newes out of the newe founde worlde, wherein is declared the rare and singular vertues of diuerse and sundrie hearbes, trees, oyles, plantes, and stones, with their applications, as well for phisicke as chirurgerie, translated from the 1565 Spanish edition of Nicolás Monardes' Historia medicinal de las cosas que se traen de nuestras Indias Occidentales
• Thomas Hill – The Gardener's Labyrinth
• Raphael Holinshed – The Chronicles of England, Scotland and Irelande
• Marcin Kromer – Polonia sive de situ, populis, moribus, magistratibus et Republica regni Polonici libri duo
• Teresa of Ávila – Camino de Perfección
• Johann Weyer – De praestigiis daemonum

  Drama

• Arthur Golding – Abraham's Sacrifice published

  Poetry

• See 1577 in poetry

  Births

• February 8 – Robert Burton, English scholar and author
• March/April – Gerhard Johann Vossius, Dutch theologian
• November 10 – Jacob Cats, Dutch poet
• November 20 – Samuel Purchas, English travel writer
• unknown dates
• *Richard Sibbes, English theologian
• *Gabriel Sionita, Lebanese-born Maronite Bible translator
• *Samuel Ward, English Puritan preacher and writer

  Deaths

• March 6 – Remy Belleau, French poet
• April 21 – Girolamo Parabosco, Italian poet and musician
• May 5 – Viglius, Frisian statesman and writer
• October 7 – George Gascoigne, English poet
• Unknown dates
• *Richard Jugge, English printer
• *Ralph Robinson, English writer and translator