Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
1195:
Folquet de Marselha gives up poetry to take up the religious life
1197:
Salh d'Escola enters a cloister in Bergerac and gives up composing
1198:
Bertran de Born's last datable poem
1199:
Gaucelm Faidit composed a planh on the death of Richard the Lionheart
1192:
Approx. date of Layla and Majnun by Nezami
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:
1190:
Gonzalo de Berceo (died 1264), Spanish poet especially on religious themes
Pietro della Vigna (died 1249), Italian jurist, diplomat, poet, and sonneteer of the Sicilian School
Yuan Haowen (died 1257), Chinese Sanqu poetry writer
1191:
Janna (died unknown), Kannada poet
1193:
Shang Dao (died 1258), Chinese Sanqu poet
1196:
Alberico da Romano (died 1260), patron and troubadour
1198:
Fujiwara no Tameie (died 1275), Japanese poet
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
1190:
Khaqani Shirvani (born 1121/1122), Persian
Saigyō Hōshi (born 1118), Japan
1193:
Fan Chengda (born 1126), Song
1196:
Alfonso II of Aragon (born 1157), an Occitan troubadour
Basava (born 1134), writing in Kannada
Guilhem de Berguedan (born 1130), troubadour
1197:
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1165)
Owain Cyfeiliog (born 1130), one of the Welsh Poets of the Princes
Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonne, patron of troubadours
1198:
Tibors de Sarenom (born 1130), trobairitz
1199:
April 6 — Richard I of England (born 1157), Poitevin and Occitan poet
