13th century in poetry

Events

The Sicilian School, Dolce Stil Novo, and later the Tuscan School mark the emergence of literary Italian

Works

Huon of Bordeaux written.

Nibelunglied written approximately 1180–1210

Lucas de Tuy and others, Chronicon Mundi ("Great Chronicle of the World"); Spain

King Horn, the oldest known English verse romance, is written around 1225

Poema de Fernán González written between 1250 and 1266

Le Récit d'un ménestrel de Reims written around 1260

Roman de la Rose written by Guillaume de Lorris (around 1230) and Jean de Meun (around 1275)

Heinrich der Vogler compiles Dietrichs Flucht around 1280

The Owl and the Nightingale perhaps composed around 1280 (but may be up to a century later)

Völsunga saga is written in the late 13th century

Oral tradition of Robin Hood and the ballads of Robin Hood emerge in England

Poets

Giacomo da Lentini, founder of the Sicilian School and author of the earliest known Sonnets

Guido Guinizelli (d. before 1276)

Guido Cavalcanti (c. 1255–1300)

Hadewijch, a Dutch woman mystic

Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr, Welsh

Ibn Sahl of Seville (1212/13–1251)

John Peckham (d. 1292), Archbishop of Canterbury and probable author of Philomena

Jacob van Maerlant (c. 1230/40–1288/1300), Flemish poet writing in Middle Dutch

Konrad von Würzburg (d. 1287), German

Scots-Gaelic crusaders and poets Muireadhach Albanach and Gillebríghde Albanach flourish at the beginning of the century

Poets

Lu You 陸游 (1125–1209), Southern Song dynasty poet

Works

Japanese poetry anthologies:

Contents

• Events
• Works
• Poets
• Korea
• Byzantine Empire
• Persian language poets
• Arab world
• South Asia
• Sub saharan Africa
• References

Shin Kokin Wakashū (also spelled "Shinkokinshu") the eighth Japanese imperial waka poetry anthology. Its name apparently aimed to show the relation and counterpart to Kokin Wakashū, ordered in 1201 by former Emperor Go-Toba, compiled by Fujiwara no Teika (whose first name is sometimes romanized as Sadaie), Fujiwara Ariie, Fujiwara Ietaka (Karyū), the priest Jakuren, Minamoto Michitomo, and Asukai Masatsune (completed in 1205)

Shinchokusen Wakashū

Shokugosen Wakashū

Shokukokin Wakashū

Poets

Asukai Gayu 飛鳥井雅有, also known as "Asukai Masaari" (1241–1301), Kamakura period nobleman and poet; has 86 poems in the official anthology Shokukokin Wakashū

Eifuku-mon In 永福門院, also written "Eifuku Mon'in", also known as Saionji Shōko 西園寺しょう子, 西園寺鏱子 (1271–1342) Kamakura period poet and a consort of the 92nd emperor, Fushimi; she belonged to the Kyōgoku school of verse; has poems in the Gyokuyōshū anthology

Fujiwara no Ietaka 藤原家隆 (1158–1237), early Kamakura period waka poet; has several poems in the Shin Kokin Wakashū anthology; related by marriage to Jakuren; pupil of Fujiwara no Shunzei's

Fujiwara no Shunzei 藤原俊成, also known as "Fujiwara no Toshinari", "Shakua" 釈阿, "Akihiro" 顕広 (1114–1204), poet and nobleman, noted for his innovations in the waka poetic form and for compiling Senzai Wakashū ("Collection of a Thousand Years"), the seventh Imperial anthology of waka poetry,; father of Fujiwara no Teika; son of Fujiwara no Toshitada

Fujiwara no Tameie 藤原為家 (1198–1275), the central figure in a circle of poets after the Jōkyū War in 1221; second son of poets Teika and Abutuni

Fujiwara no Teika 藤原定家, also known as "Fujiwara no Sadaie" or "Sada-ie" (1162–1242), a widely venerated late Heian period and early Kamakura period waka poet and (for centuries) extremely influential critic; also a scribe, scholar and widely influential anthologist; the Tale of Matsura is generally attributed to him; son of Fujiwara no Shunzei; associated with Jakuren

Emperor Go-Toba, 後鳥羽天皇, also known as 山科僧正 (1180–1239)

Gyōi 行意 (1177–1217?), late Heian, early Kamakura period poet and Buddhist monk; one of the New Thirty-six Poetry Immortals; son of Fujiwara no Motofusa

Jakuren 寂蓮, also known as "Fujiwara no Sadanaga" 藤原定長 before becoming a monk (1139–1202), initially adopted by Fujiwara no Shunzei, later stepped aside as Shunzei's heir and became a Buddhist priest; on the model of Saigyo, traveled around the country, composing poems; frequently associated with Fujiwara no Teika; one of six compilers of the eighth imperial waka anthology, Shin Kokin Wakashū, which contains 36 of his poems; adopted Fujiwara no Ietaka, a pupil of Shunzei's; has a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu anthology

Jakushitsu Genkō 寂室元光 (1290–1367), Rinzai Zen master, poet, flute player, and first abbot of Eigen-ji, which was constructed solely for him to teach Zen

Jien 慈円 (1155–1225) poet, historian, and Buddhist monk

Kamo no Chōmei 鴨長明 (1155–1216), author, waka poet and essayist

Sesson Yūbai 雪村友梅 (1290–1348), poet and Buddhist priest of the Rinzai sect who founded temples

Princess Shikishi 式子内親王 (died 1201), late Heian and early Kamakura period poet, never-married daughter of Emperor Go-Shirakawa; entered service at the Kamo Shrine in Kyoto in 1159, later left the shrine, in later years a Buddhist nun; has 49 poems in the Shin Kokin Shū anthology

Shunzei's Daughter, popular name of Fujiwara Toshinari no Musume 藤原俊成女、, also 藤原俊成卿女、皇(太)后宮大夫俊成(卿)女, 越部禅尼 (c. 1171 – c. 1252), called the greatest female poet of her day, ranked with Princess Shikishi; her grandfather was the poet Fujiwara no Shunzei

Ton'a 頓阿 also spelled as "Tonna"; lay name: Nikaidō Sadamune 二階堂貞宗 (1289–1372), poet and Buddhist monk

Korea

U Tak (1262–1342)

Byzantine Empire

Aaron ben Joseph of Constantinople (c. 1260 – c. 1320)

Persian-language poets

Attar of Nishapur, poet (c. 1130 – c. 1230)

Rumi, poet (1207–1273)

Sultan Walad

Saadi Shirazi, poet (1184–1283/1291?)

Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, (1247–1318)

Amir Khusrow

Shams Tabrizi

Ruzbihan Baqli

Zahed Gilani

Khwaju Kermani

Mahmoud Shabestari

Najm al-Din Razi

Muhammad Aufi

Qazi Beiza'i

Awhadi Maraghai

Auhaduddin Kermani

Ghiyas al-Din ibn Rashid al-Din

Ibn Yamin

Ata-Malik Juvayni

Arab world

Busiri (Abū 'Abdallāh Muhammad ibn Sa'īd ul-Būsīrī Ash Shadhili, 1211–1294) writes Qaṣīda al-Burda (Arabic: قصيدة البردة‎‎, "Poem of the Mantle") in praise of the prophet Muhammad

Ibn Sahl of Seville (1212–1251)

Al-Shabb al-Zarif al-Tilimsani (died 1289)

South Asia

Andayya writes Kabbigara Kava ("Poets' Defender") (1217–1235) in Kannada

Amir Khusro (1253–1325) writes poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi

Dnyaneshwar (1275–1296) writes the Dnyaneshwari at age 15 or 16 and also the Amrutanubhav in Marathi (ovi metre) and his sister Muktabai (1279–1297) writes abhang poetry

Changdev Maharaj writes abhang poetry in Marathi

Raghavanka writes Harishchandra Kavya (c.1200 or c.1225) in Kannada

Palkuriki Somanatha probably writes in Telugu, Kannada and Sanskrit

Sub-saharan Africa

Period of the Epic of Sundiata, transmitted through oral tradition.