Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
850:
Kavirajamarga, the first poetry book in the Kannada language, by King Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I
853:
Vardhaman Charitra (Life of Vardhaman) by Asaga, the first Sanskrit biography of Jain Tirthankara, Mahavir.
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:
850:
Ki no Tomonori (died 904), Japanese waka poet
857:
Choe Chiwon, (died unknown), in Silla (Korea)
858:
Mansur Al-Hallaj (died 922), Persian poet, mystic, revolutionary writer and pious teacher of Sufism, most famous for his apparent, but disputed, self-proclaimed divinity
859:
Rudaki (died 941), Persian poet
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
850:
Shih-Te (born unknown), Chinese monk and poet
852:
Du Mu (born 803), Chinese poet of the late Tang Dynasty
853:
Ono no Takamura (born 802), Heian period scholar and poet
858:
Li Shangyin (born 813), Chinese poet of the late Tang Dynasty
