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840s in poetry

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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

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Births

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:

840:

  • Saint Clement of Ohrid (died 916), Bulgarian writer and founder of the Ohrid Literary School

    • 845:

  • Sugawara no Michizane (died 903), Japanese kanshi poet

    • 849:

  • Alfred the Great (died 899)

    • Deaths

    Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

    842:

  • Liu Yuxi (born 772), Chinese poet

    • 843:

  • Jia Dao (born 779), Chinese poet of discursive gushi and lyric jintishi

    • 845:

  • Abu Tammam (born 805), Arab poet and Muslim convert

    • 846:

  • Bai Juyi (also transliterated as Po Chü-I), (born 772), Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty

    • 849:

  • August 18: Walafrid Strabo (born 808), Frankish monk, historian, poet and theological writer

    • References

    840s in poetry Wikipedia
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