Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

Works published

814:

• Text of the Wessobrunn Prayer in Old High German

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:

813:

• Li Shangyin (died 858), Chinese poet of the late Tang Dynasty

815:

• Johannes Scotus Eriugena (died 877), among the last Hiberno-Latin poets

816:

• Henjo (died 890), one of the Six best Waka poets and Thirty-six Poetry Immortals
• Sosei (died 910), one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals

818:

• Ariwara no Yukihira (died 893), Japanese Heian period courtier, poet and bureaucrat

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

810:

• Abu Nuwas (born 756), classical Arabic and Persian poet^a

814:

• February 18 - Angilbert (born unknown), Frankish

816:

• Li He (born 790), Chinese poet of the late Tang Dynasty

819:

• Liu Zongyuan (born 773), Chinese writer, poet and politician

See also

• Poetry
• 9th century in poetry
• 9th century in literature
• List of years in poetry

Other events:

• Other events of the 12th century
• Other events of the 13th century

9th century:

• 9th century in poetry
• 9th century in literature

Notes

• Note a: Sources vary: Garzanti gives a date of birth of 756 or 758 and a date of death as circa 814,^[1] while Dona S. Straley gives circa 756 to circa 810.^[2]

References