Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
1386:
Venetian ambassador Lorenzo de Monacis writes a poem defending Hungarian queens Mary and Elizabeth from charges of murdering Charles II of Hungary.
Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde exact year uncertain
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:
1380:
Laurent de Premierfait (died 1418), Latin poet, a humanist, and translator
Azari Tusi (died 1462), Persian poet
1381:
Krittibas Ojha (died 1461), medieval Bengali poet
Shōtetsu (died 1459), Japanese Waka poet during the medieval period
1388:
Nguyễn Trãi (died 1442), Vietnamese Confucian scholar, poet, politician and tactician
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
1385:
Munenaga (born 1311), imperial prince and a poet of the Nijō poetic school of Nanboku-chō period
1388:
Gidō Shūshin (born 1325), Japanese luminary of the Zen Rinzai sect, was a master of poetry and prose in Chinese
