Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
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:
1160:
Gace Brulé (died 1213) (approx.), French trouvère
Alamanda de Castelnau (died 1223), trobairitz
Hélinand of Froidmont (died 1237), medieval poet, chronicler, and ecclesiastical writer in Latin
1162:
Fujiwara no Teika 藤原定家, also known as "Fujiwara no Sadaie" or "Sada-ie" (died 1241), a widely venerated, Japanese waka poet and (for centuries) extremely influential critic; also a scribe, scholar and extremely influential anthologist of the late Heian period and early Kamakura period; the Tale of Matsura is generally attributed to him; son of Fujiwara no Shunzei
1165:
Jean Bodel (died 1210), Old French poet
Blacatz (died 1237), Occitan troubadour
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1197), King of Germany, patron of poets, poet
1166:
Judah Messer Leon (died 1224), French Jewish poet and Rabbi, writing in Hebrew and Aramaic
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
1160:
Hassan Ghaznavi (born unknown), Persian poet
Akka Mahadevi (born 1130), female Indian Kannada language Vachana sahitya didactic poet
Ibn Quzman (born 1078), Spanish writer of classical poetry, especially zéjeles, in al-Andalus
1164:
Abraham ibn Ezra (born 1089), Hebrew scholar and poet in al-Andalus
1166:
Khoja Akhmet Yassawi (born 1093), Turkish mystic and poet
1167:
Basava (died 1167), Indian Kannada language Vachana sahitya poet
