Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
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:
966:
Fujiwara no Kintō (died 1041), Japanese poet, publisher of the Shūi Wakashū; he created the concept of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals
Sei Shōnagon (died 1017), author of The Pillow Book
967:
Dec 7 – Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr (died 1049), Persian poet
Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani (died 1007), Arab poet
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
965:
Ahmad ibn-al-Husayn al-Mutanabbi (born 915), Arab (Iraqi-born) poet
966:
Fujiwara no Asatada (born 910), one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Japan
Sri Ponna (born 939), writing in the Kannada language
967:
Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (born 897), Iranian scholar of Arab-Quraysh origin who is noted for collecting and preserving ancient Arabic lyrics and poems in his major work, the Kitāb al-Aghānī
968:
Abu Firas al-Hamdani (born 935), Arab poet
