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Europe Events Major works Poets - Chakhrukhadze poet, author of Tamariani
- Shota Rustaveli poet of the 12th century, author of "The Knight in the Panther's Skin"
- Chr tien de Troyes flourishes in the 1170s and 1180s.
- Marie de France flourishes from approximately 1170 through 1205/1210.
- Jean Bodel
- Undated troubadors
- Goliard poets, writing in Latin, flourish in European universities
- Nigel de Longchamps, writing in Latin in England
- John of Hauville, writing in Latin, probably in France
- Walter of Ch tillon, writing in Latin in France
- Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr, fl. in the last half of the century in Wales
- Joseph ben Isaac Bekhor Shor, writing in Hebrew in France in the last half of the century
Middle East Events Poets Arab world poets Persia Persian poets Japan Japanese works Imperial poetry anthologies: - Kin'y Wakash 10 scrolls, 716 poems, ordered by former Emperor Shirakawa, drafts completed 1124–1127, compiled by Minamoto no Shunrai (Toshiyori)
- Shika Wakash 10 scrolls, 411 poems, ordered in 1144 by former Emperor Sutoku, completed c.1151–1154, compiled by Fujiwara Akisuke
- Senzai Wakash 20 scrolls, 1,285 poems, ordered by former Emperor Shirakawa, probably completed in 1188, compiled by Fujiwara no Shunzei (also known as Toshinari)
Japanese poets - Fujiwara no Akisue (1055–1123), late Heian period poet and nobleman, member of the Fujiwara poetic and aristocratic clan
- Fujiwara no Ietaka (1158–1237), early Kamakura period waka poet; has several poems in the Shin Kokin Wakash anthology; related by marriage to Jakuren; pupil of Fujiwara no Shunzei's
- Fujiwara no Shunzei , also known as "Fujiwara no Toshinari", "Shakua" , "Akihiro" (1114–1204), poet and nobleman, noted for his innovations in the waka poetic form and for compiling Senzai Wakash ("Collection of a Thousand Years"), the seventh Imperial anthology of waka poetry,; father of Fujiwara no Teika; son of Fujiwara no Toshitada
- Fujiwara no Teika , also known as "Fujiwara no Sadaie" or "Sada-ie" (1162–1242), a widely venerated late Heian period and early Kamakura period waka poet and (for centuries) extremely influential critic; also a scribe, scholar and widely influential anthologist; the Tale of Matsura is generally attributed to him; son of Fujiwara no Shunzei; associated with Jakuren
- Fujiwara no Tameie (1198–1275), the central figure in a circle of poets after the J ky War in 1221; second son of poets Teika and Abutuni
- Emperor Go-Toba, , also known as (1180–1239)
- Gy i (1177–1217?), late Heian, early Kamakura period poet and Bhuddist monk; one of the New Thirty-six Poetry Immortals; son of Fujiwara no Motofusa
- Jakuren , also known as "Fujiwara no Sadanaga" before becoming a monk (1139–1202), initially adopted by Fujiwara no Shunzei, later stepped aside as Shunzei's heir and became a Buddhist priest; on the model of Saigyo, traveled around the country, composing poems; frequently associated with Fujiwara no Teika; one of six compilers of the eighth imperial waka anthology, Shin Kokin Wakash , which contains 36 of his poems; adopted Fujiwara no Ietaka, a pupil of Shunzei's; has a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu anthology
- Jien (1155–1225) poet, historian, and Buddhist monk
- Jinzai Kiyoshi (1903–1957) Showa period novelist, translator, literary critic, poet and playwright
- Kamo no Ch mei (1155–1216), author, waka poet and essayist
- Kamo no Mabuchi (1697–1769), Edo period poet and philologist
- Minamoto no Shunrai, also "Minamoto Toshiyori", (c. 1057–1129) poet who compiled the Gosen Wakash anthology; passed over to compile the Gosh i Wakash , Shunrai's angry polemical, "Errors in the Gosh ish ", apparently led Emperor Shirakawa to appoint him to compile the Kin'y Wakash imperial anthology, which was itself controversial
- Minamoto no Yorimasa (1106–1180) poet, government official and warrior; his poems appeared in various anthologies
- Saigy H shi pen name of Sat Norikiyo , who took the religious name En'i (1118–1190), late Heian and early Kamakura period waka poet who worked as a guard to retired Emperor Toba, then became a Bhuddist monk at age 22
- Princess Shikishi (died 1201), late Heian and early Kamakura period poet, never-married daughter of Emperor Go-Shirakawa; entered service at the Kamo Shrine in Kyoto in 1159, later left the shrine, in later years a Buddhist nun; has 49 poems in the Shin Kokin Sh anthology
- Shunzei's Daughter, popular name of Fujiwara Toshinari no Musume , also ( ) ( ) , (c. 1171 – c. 1252), called the greatest female poet of her day, ranked with Princess Shikishi; her grandfather was the poet Fujiwara no Shunzei
South Asia Poets Southeast Asia Decades and years
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