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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1616.

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Events

New books

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Poetry

Births

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Ben Jonson collected his plays and other writings into a book he titled The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. In 1616 it was printed in London in the form of a folio. Second and third editions of his works were published posthumously in 1640 and 1692.

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