Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
1308 (approx.): Dante Alighieri begins to write the Divine Comedy.
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:
1300:
Chūgan Engetsu (died 1375), Japanese poet, occupies a prominent place in Japanese Literature of the Five Mountains
1304:
Petrarch (died 1374), Italian scholar, poet and one of the earliest Renaissance humanists
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
1300:
Guido Cavalcanti (born 1255), Italian poet
Folquet de Lunel (born 1244), troubadour from Lunel (in the modern Hérault)
1301:
Asukai Gayu (born 1241), Japanese waka poet
Zahed Gilani (born 1216), a Persian Sufi
1302:
Guan Hanqing (born 1225), Chinese playwright and poet in the Yuan Dynasty
Roger-Bernard III of Foix (born 1243), the Count of Foix, poet and troubadour
1304:
Jehan de Lescurel (born unknown), French medieval poet and composer
1308:
Trần Nhân Tông (born 1258), Vietnamese third emperor of the Trần Dynasty who was also a prolific writer and poet
