Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
1136:
Jongleur Palla at the Toledo court of Alfonso VII of León
1130:
Earliest likely date for works of Gwalchmai ap Meilyr
1133:
Man Jiang Hong written by Yue Fei
1137:
Li coronemenz Looïs possibly written
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:
1130:
Guilhem de Berguedan (died 1196), troubadour
Owain Cyfeiliog (died 1197), one of the Welsh Poets of the Princes
Akka Mahadevi (died 1160), writer of Vachana sahitya didactic poetry
Tibors de Sarenom (died 1198), trobairitz
Eugenius of Palermo (died 1202), amiratus (admiral), translator, and poet
Zhu Xi (died 1200), Confucian scholar, writer, and poet
1134:
Basava (died 1196), writing in Kannada
1135:
Zhu Shuzhen (died 1180), Chinese poet of the Song dynasty
1138:
Giraut de Bornelh (died 1215), French troubadour whose his skill earned him the nickname of "Master of the Troubadours"
1139:
Jakuren (died 1202), Japanese Buddhist priest and poet
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
1130:
Baldric of Dol (born 1050), abbot who wrote epitaphs, riddles, epistolary, and long form poems
1131:
December 4: Omar Khayyám (born 1048), Persian polymath, mathematician, philosopher, astronomer and poet
Sanai (born 1080), Persian (approx.)
1137:
Meilyr Brydydd, one of the Welsh Poets of the Princes
1138:
Ibn Khafajah, died this year or 1139 (born 1058) Arabic-language poet in Al-Andalus (Spain)
