Thomas Mores' Utopia was first written in Latin in 1516 and rendered into English in

Q: Thomas Mores' Utopia was first written in Latin in 1516 and rendered into English in:

a) 1551

b) 1552

c) 1553

d) 1554

Correct answer:    a) 1551    

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Thomas Mores' Utopia Translation

Sir Thomas More and Utopia

The term 'Utopia' was first used by Sir Thomas More. It means a perfect imaginary world or ideal place. In this work, Thomas More utilized his complex imagination power and imagined a community on an island where people share a common culture as well as a way of life. The term Utopia is derived from the Greek ou-topos which means ‘no place’ or ‘nowhere’. The place he mentioned in his literary work Utopia was identical. Moreover, there are two thoughts regarding More’s Utopia whether the book is a serious projection of a better or he satires in the politics of Europe.

Biography of Sir Thomas More
Date of birth	7 February 1478
Date of death	6 July 1535
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Family	Roman Catholic
Studied	Law at Lincoln’s Inn
Profession	Poet, Satirist, Composer, Political Propagandist and Rhetorician
Writer of age	16th century (Reformation)
Major works	Utopia (1516) Care of the Soul: Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness

More’s Utopia

Utopia is a fictional work written in 1516 by Sir Thomas More. In this book, he suggests a good way of living, so European society can be improved with the help of the Utopian way of living. He was also one of the major figures of the English Renaissance who cared about the political and moral responsibilities of an individual.

Utopia was first written in Latin, later on, it was translated and published into English in 1551 by Raphe Robinson. Gilbert Burnet’s translation of Utopia is a more commonly known work published in 1684, therefore, readers may experience it differently.

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