List of recent original books in Latin

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Authors are still producing original books in Latin today. This page lists contemporary or recent books (from the 21st, 20th and 19th centuries) originally written in Latin. These books are not called "new" because the term Neo-Latin or New Latin refers to books written as early as the 1500s, which is "newer" than Classical Antiquity or the Middle Ages.

Contents

Translations of pre-existing modern literature are not included here.

Fiction

Literary fiction

TitleAuthorReader levelPublisherFirst
published		ISBNArchive,
transcription
or eBook
Capti: Fabula Menippeo-Hoffmanniana Americana Stephen A Berard Modern Latin, fluent reader Cataracta Publications 2011 978-0991004928
Praecursus: Fabula Neophysiologica Stephen A Berard Modern Latin, fluent reader Cataracta Publications 2019 978-0991004911

Fiction for educational use

TitleAuthorReader levelPublisherFirst
published		ISBNArchive,
transcription
or eBook
Ad Alpes: A Tale of Roman LifeHerbert Chester NuttingIntermediate Scott, Foresman and Company (1923); Latinitium (2017)1923 978-1981365739 archive.org;
Wikisource
Carolus et Maria Marjorie Fay -D. C. Heath and Company1933- Archive.org
Cornelia Mima Maxey Beginner / Late beginnerUniversity of Chicago Press1933- Archive.org;
Wikisource (incomplete)
Daimon: An Adventure Story for First Year Latin Students Richard D. Case-Addison Wesley1971 [1] 978-0883340950 -
Dialogues of Roman LifeS. E. WinboltIntermediateG. Bell and Sons, Ltd.1913- Wikimedia Commons;
Wikisource
Easy Latin StoriesGeorge L. BennettIntermediateRivingtons.1892- Wikimedia Commons;
Wikisource
Fabulae, virginibus puerisque aut narrandae aut recitandaeR. B. AppletonIntermediateG. Bell and Sons, Ltd.1914- Gutenburg
Fabulae SyraeLuigi Miraglia (Editor)Lower IntermediateFocus2011 978-1585104284 -
A Latin Reader For The Lower Forms In SchoolH.J. Hardy-Macmillan & Co.1889 archive.org
Ora maritima, a Latin story for beginnersE. A. SonnenscheinBeginnerSwan Sonnenschein & Co.1909 Archive.org;
Wikisource
Pro patria: a Latin story for beginnersE. A. SonnenscheinBeginner (Late)Swan Sonnenschein & Co.1910 Archive.org;
Wikisource
Puer RomanusR. B. Appleton and W. H. S. Jones IntermediateG. Bell and Sons, Ltd.1913 Project Gutenburg

Novellas for Latin learners

TitleAuthorReader levelPublisherFirst
published		ISBNArchive,
transcription
or eBook
Agrippīna auriga: A Latin NovellaLance PiantagginiBeginner(independent)2021 979-8579712950 -
Bellum Troianum: A Latin Novella Brian GronewollerBeginner Storybase Books 2021 978-1736785904
Aulus Anser: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) Andrew OlimpiBeginner Storybase Books 2024978-1963471007
Caedes in Via Appia: Fabula Milonis et ClodiiEmma VanderpoolBeginner(independent)2020 979-8551246107 -
Cerberus Canis MonstruosusRachel Beth CunningBeginnerBombax Press2020 979-8559562780 -
Cloelia, Puella RomanaEllie ArnoldBeginner / Late beginner(independent)2016 978-1533624727 Author's website, cc-by-nc-sa PDF
CorneliaMima MaxeyBeginner / Late beginnerUniversity of Chicago press1933- Archive.org
Wikisource
Cupido et PsycheRachel Beth CunningBeginner (Late) / IntermediateBombax Press2019 978-1729079393 -
Daimon: An Adventure Story for First Year Latin Students Richard D. Case-Addison Wesley1971 [1] 978-0883340950 -
Daedalus et Icarus: A Tiered Latin ReaderAndrew OlimpiBeginner-IntermediateComprehensible Classics Press2018 978-1733005203 -
Domini SecretumRachel Beth CunningBeginnerBombax Press2020 979-8629036289 -
Duo Fratres: Familia Mala Vol. 2: A Latin Novella Andrew OlimpiBeginnerComprehensible Classics Press2019 978-1733005210 -
Echo et Narcissus Rachel AshBeginner Storybase Books 2024978-1963471625
Ego, Polyphemus: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) Andrew OlimpiBeginner Storybase Books 2024 978-1963471069
Errores Longi Ulixis, Pars I: A Latin Novella Brian GronewollerBeginner Storybase Books 2021 978-1736785928
Errores Longi Ulixis, Pars II: A Latin Novella Brian GronewollerBeginner Storybase Books 2022 978-1736785942
Erucula: Fabula Metamorphosis: A Latin NovellaRachel Beth Cunning-(independent)2021 979-8713690748 -
Eumachia: Patrona PompeianaEmma VanderpoolBeginner(independent)2020 979-8650047926 -
Familia Mala, vol. I: Saturnus et Iuppiter (Revised Edition) Andrew OlimpiBeginner Storybase Books 2024 978-1963471106
Filia Regis et Monstrum Horribile Andrew OlimpiBeginner(independent)2017 978-1546936268 -
Idus Martiae: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) Andrew OlimpiBeginner Storybase Books 2024 978-1963471182
Incitatus: Fabula Equi SenatoriiEmma VanderpoolBeginner(independent)2020 979-8638668181 -
Io Puella Fortis: A Latin Novella (Io et Tabellae Magicae and Io et Monstrum) Andrew OlimpiBeginner(independent)2020 979-8690044947 -
Ira VenerisRachel Beth CunningBeginner (Late) / IntermediateBombax Press2019 978-1646332519 -
Kandake Amanirenas: Regina NubiaeEmma VanderpoolBeginner(independent)2020 979-8602567236 -
Labyrinthus: A Latin Novella Andrew OlimpiBeginner(independent)2018 978-1985727137 -
Lars Romam Odit: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) Andrew OlimpiBeginner Storybase Books 2024 978-1963471021
Marcus Magulus: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) Lance PiantagginiBeginner Storybase Books 2024978-1963471410
Medea et Peregrinus PulcherrimusRachel Beth CunningBeginner (Late)Bombax Press2020 978-1708842246 -
MelissurgusMr. Jessie Craft-(independent)2020 978-1679400025 -
Olianna et Obiectum Magicum: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) Lance PiantagginiBeginner Storybase Books 2024978-1963471380
Pandora: Familia Mala Volumen III: A Latin Novella Andrew OlimpiBeginnerComprehensible Classics Press2020 978-1733005227 -
Pegasus et BellerophonRachel Beth CunningBeginnerBombax Press2020 979-8655695818 -
Perpetua et Felicitas: A Latin Novella Brian GronewollerBeginner Storybase Books 2023978-1736785966
Perseus et Rex Malus: A Latin Novella (Puer Ex Seripho) Andrew OlimpiBeginner(independent)2017 978-1547155873 -
Perseus et Medusa: A Latin Novella (Puer Ex Seripho) Andrew OlimpiBeginner(independent)2017 978-1548787479 -
Poenica Purpuraria: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) Lance PiantagginiBeginner Storybase Books 2024 978-1963471342
Pugio Bruti: A Crime Story in Easy LatinDaniel Petterson and Amelie RosengrenIntermediate (lower)Latinitium2018 978-9198509403
Ridiculi et Horribiles Dei et DeaeRachel Beth CunningBeginnerBombax Press2020 979-8647910981 -
Rufus et Arma Atra: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) Lance PiantagginiBeginner Storybase Books 2024978-1963471328
Rūfus lutulentus et Lūcia: The Latin Novella Plus 18 additional storiesLance PiantagginiBeginner(independent)2021 979-8734016381 -
Syra Sola: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) Lance PiantagginiBeginner Storybase Books 2024978-1963471366
Sacri Pulli: A Tale of War and ChickensEmma Vanderpool(independent)2020 978-1686669415
signa zodiaca Vol. I: An Astrological Latin ReaderLance PiantagginiBeginner(independent)2020 979-8664444636 -
signa zodiaca Vol. II: An Astrological Latin ReaderLance PiantagginiBeginner(independent)2020 979-8679295766 -
signa zodiaca Vol. III: An Astrological Latin ReaderLance PiantagginiBeginner(independent)2020 979-8563363656 -
tres amici et monstrum saevum: A Latin NovellaLance PiantagginiBeginner(independent)2020 979-8644746606 -
Surus: Fabula Belli et ElephantiEmma Vanderpool(independent)2019 979-8648057418
Tiberius et Gallisena Ultima: A Latin Novella (Revised Edition) Lance PiantagginiBeginnerStorybase Books2025978-1963471694
Via Periculosa: A Latin Novella Andrew OlimpiBeginner(independent)2018 978-1973955542 -
Virgo ArdensRachel Beth CunningIntermediateBombax Press2020 979-8701800920 -

Plays for educational use

TitleAuthorReader levelPublisherFirst
published		ISBNArchive,
transcription
or eBook
Cothvrnvlvs: Three short Latin historical plays for the use of beginnersEdward Vernon ArnoldIntermediateG. Bell and Sons, Ltd.1912 Wikimedia Commons;
Wikisource
Easy Latin PlaysM.L. NewmanBeginner-IntermediateG. Bell and Sons, Ltd.1913- archive.org;
Wikisource
Ólim: Ludí ScaenicíE. RyleIntermediateG. Bell and Sons, Ltd.1914 Wikimedia Commons;
Wikisource
Mostellaria (adaptation of Plautus)Rachel Beth CunningBeginner (Late) / IntermediateBombax Press2020 979-8673649909 -
The Mysterious Traveler: A Medieval Play about Saint Nicholas: A Tiered Latin ReaderAndrew OlimpiBeginner-Intermediate(independent)2019 978-1711355900 -

Poetry

TitleAuthorReader levelPublisherDateFirst
published		ISBNArchive,
transcription
or eBook
Les Cosmogoniales : un chant de Silène  [ fr ]HyacinthusAncient Latin and Greek Rue de l'échiquier  [ fr ]2019 978-2-37425-153-0
Harmonica vitrea Anna Elissa Radke Modern Latin--1992
Periegesis Amatoria Geneviève Immè Modern Latin--1991
CarminaTraian Lăzărescu. [2] Modern Latin--1972
Incantationes [3] Antonius SmerdelModern Latin--1970
De cicadis et undis Parentinis [3] Antonius SmerdelModern Latin--1969
Flatus cupressorum [3] Antonius SmerdelModern Latin--1968
Palmae solis almae [3] Antonius SmerdelModern Latin--1967
Cantus FirmusJohannes Alexander Gaertner. [4] Modern Latin--1966
Suaviloquia Jan Novák.Modern Latin--1966=
Cantilenae [3] Antonius SmerdelModern Latin--1965
Pontes lucentes [3] Antonius SmerdelModern Latin--1962
Pegasus TolutariusHenry C. Snurr aka C. Arrius Nurus  [ la ].Modern Latin--1962
Urna Parcarum [3] Antonius Smerdel Modern Latin--1961
Vox HumanaJohannes Alexander Gaertner. [4] Modern Latin--1954
Carmina LatinaA. Pinto de Carvalho. [5] Modern Latin--1946
Carminum libri quattuorTomás Viñas. [6] Modern Latin--1924

Nonfiction

TitleAuthorPublisherDateOriginal
publication date		ISBNOnline Archive
A Life of George Washington in Latin Prose
or Vita Washingtonii		Francis GlassWentworth Press20191835 [7] 978-0526126194 Archive.org
Georgii Washingtonis VitaWilliam Lance--1835 [7] [8] --
Periegesis orae Rhacusanae Georgius Ferrich Modern Latin--1803 Google Books
Graecarum Litterarum HistoriaAntonio d'Elia [9] Modern Latin-1948
Latinarum Litterarum HistoriaAntonio d'Elia [10] 1956
De sacerdotibus sacerdotiisque Alexandri Magni et Lagidarum eponymis Jozef IJsewijn [11] 1961
Mystagogus Lycius, sive de historia linguaque LyciorumWolfgang Jenniges [12] Modern Latin-1966
Sententiæ Alaenus Divutius Modern Latin-1965
Orbis pictus latinusHermann KollerArtemis & Winkler-2014 978-3538072688 -
De Civitate AngelorumDonatien GrauYvon Lambert Editions-2023 [13] 978-2-913893-78-8 -

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Latin Novels. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
  2. ↑ IJsewijn, Jozef, Companion to Neo-Latin Studies. Part I. History and Diffusion of Neo-Latin Literature, Leuven University Press, 1990, p. 226.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Smerdel, Ton". Hrvatska enciklopedija, mrežno izdanje. Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 IJsewijn, Jozef, Companion to Neo-Latin Studies. Part I. History and Diffusion of Neo-Latin Literature, Leuven University Press, 1990, p. 293.
  5. ↑ IJsewijn, Jozef, Companion to Neo-Latin Studies. Part I. History and Diffusion of Neo-Latin Literature, Leuven University Press, 1990, p. 123.
  6. ↑ IJsewijn, Jozef, Companion to Neo-Latin Studies. Part I. History and Diffusion of Neo-Latin Literature, Leuven University Press, 1990, p. 113.
  7. 1 2 The Vita Washingtonii of Francis Glass. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
  8. ↑ Latin at the Library: Colonial and Early American Writings. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
  9. ↑ "Graecarum Litterarum Historia. By Antonius D'elia S. J.Rome: Angelo signorelli, 1948. Pp.328, with eleven plates and index of writers mentioned. Price: Lire 600. | Greece & Rome | Cambridge Core". Greece and Rome. 18 (54): 141. 1 January 2009. doi:10.1017/S0017383500010688 . Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  10. ↑ Antonii D'Elia (March 1956). "Review: Latinarum litterarum historia". The Classical Journal. 51 (6). The Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Inc. (CAMWS): 289–290. JSTOR   3292896.
  11. ↑ IJsewijn, Jozef, Companion to Neo-Latin Studies. Part I. History and Diffusion of Neo-Latin Literature, Leuven University Press, 1990, p. 156.
  12. ↑ "NAVIGARE NECESSE EST Quattuordecim viatoriæ narrationes veste Latina indutæ. Miscellanea Gaio Licoppe dicata edidit Francisca Licoppe-Deraedt. Legite hic prooemium S. Berard, de philosophia quantali deque institutione publica, Bruxellis, ed. Melissa, 2005, 122 p. ISBN 2-87290-022-5.Quo plura sciatis PATRICIVS SÜSKIND, FRAGRANTIA Historia homicidæ. Fabula romanica a. 1985 theodisce scripta sub titulo, q. E. " das Parfum. Die Geschichte eines Mörders " a Nicolao Gross in Latinum conversa. Editio exhausta. Editio originalis : Patrick Süskind, das Parfum. Die Geschichte eines Mörders, Zürich, Diogenes Verlag, 1985. Legite hic praefationem NICOLAVS GROSS, GLOSSARIVM FRAGRANTIÆ Lexicon Latinorum nominum vocabulorumque rariorum recentiorumve, quæ inveniuntur in fabula Fragrantiæ a Nicolao Gross in sermonem Latinum conversa (Versio : " Fragrantia ", Bruxellis, in Ædibus Melissæ et Domus Erasminanæ, a.2004; fabula : Patrick Süskind, " das Parfum - die Geschichte eines Mörders ", Zürich, Diogenes-Verlag, a.1985) Legite praefationem CALEPINVS NOVVS Vocabulaire latin d'aujourd'hui (Français - Latin) Vocabularium linguæ Latinæ hodiernum (Latino - Francogallicum) Ediderunt Fundatio Melissa & Musée de la Maison d'Érasme. 2 tomi in involucro, 204 p. IOHANNES CAPART, Makita, sive de historia cuiusdam muris tempore Pharaonum, in Latinum vertit F. Deraedt. " ... Sic timidus incoho : – Amicus meus Brocartius, Ægyptologus... Ille ridet : – Ægyptologus ! Ægyptologus ! Stolidi sunt omnes. Hoc solum bene fecerunt, quod manuscriptum interpretati sunt. Ne unus quidem eorum ausus est ipsam rem experiri ! Tu Ægyptologus non es. Hac de causa fidem habuisti verbis magicis. Tota illorum scientia quid valet ? Tantum sciunt, quantum libitinarii iique, qui reliquias colligere solent, scire possunt de cultu civili mortuorum quos sepeliunt.... " Hæc fabula romancia de antiqua Ægypto conscripta est a clarissimo Ægyptologo Iohanne Capart, cui non solum erat ingens scientia, sed etiam mira phantasia. ERICUS KÄSTNER, Baronis Mynchusani mirabilia itinera et pericula marina terrestriaque, in Latinum vertit N. Gross. " ... Aliquo die una cum comite theam bibebam, ille cum nonnullis dominis iit in aulam, ut iis monstraret aliquem ex equis suis iuvenibus. Ego remansi in œco publico apud dominas, ut eas oblectarem narratiunculis meis. Subito audivimus clamores terribiles. Ego per scalas propere descendi in aulam, ubi equus tam efferatus calcitrabat, ut nemo auderet appropinquare, ne dicam inscendere. Quod mihi fuit commodissimum. Uno tantum saltu eius dorso insedi... " Notissimæ et iucundissimæ narratiunculæ Baronis Mynchusani; hæc editio est imaginibus multicoloribus illustrata. VOLFGANGUS JENNIGES, Mystagogus Lycius, sive de historia linguaque Lyciorum. " Etsi remotos Lyciæ montes si quis hodie pervagatur, cum recentior ætas permultis humanitatis atque cultus incrementis securam viam iterque reddat tranquillum, vix animo complectitur quanto labore molestiaque, quali assidua virium contentione qui veterrimas Lyciæ reliquias eruerent, sæculi præteriti investigatores sint enisi, quæve pericula et incommoda in titulis describendis obierint, tamen patet nobis quoque Lycium iter inter rariora et mira esse collocandum... " Auctor multum inquisivit in linguas orientales; qui de Lycia, æqualibus nostris parum nota, hic proponit conspectum historicum et glottologicum. IEREMIAS GOTTHELF, de Aranea nigra, in Latinum vertit Nicolaus Gross. " ... 'Audi, atta' inquit consobrinus, 'mitte ambages, dic verum et refer sincere ! Equidem haud paucos iam audivi rumores serpentes, sed numquam verum ipsissimum. Nunc certe oportet te nobis hanc rem ingenue narrare, ut tempus fallas, usque dum mulieres carnes assas perficiant.' Tamen avus compluries egit ambages, priusquam paratus erat ad narrandum; sed consobrinus mulieresque non desierunt eum urgere, dum promitteret, sed ea condicione, ut res a se narratas secreto audirent secumque haberent... " Hac fabula præclarus poeta Helvetius narrat vitam agricolarum temporum præteritorum, eorum gaudia, difficultates, timores. Duæ intermiscentur fabulæ, altera festiva, altera terrifica... De lingua latina COMMENTATIO FRANCOGALLICE CONSCRIPTA : Hoc opusculum conspectum præbet florentis vitæ linguæ Latinæ intra duo millennia, atque monstrat eam falso dictam esse mortuam ab eis, quibus profuit eius usum exstinguere. G. Licoppe, le latin et le politique. Les avatars du latin à travers les âges, Bruxelles, Musée de la Maison d'Érasme, 2003, 62 pp". Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  13. ↑ Spier, Jeffrey. "Donatien Grau's De Civitate Angelorum". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
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