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Irish poetry

The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to...

 or France

French poetry

French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...

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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:

1055:

• Fujiwara no Akisue
  Fujiwara no Akisue
  was a noted Japanese poet and nobleman. He was active at the end of the Heian period, and the son of Fujiwara no Takatsune . He was also a member of the famous poetic and aristocratic clan, the Fujiwara....
  
   (died 1123), Japanese poet and nobleman

1057:

• Minamoto no Shunrai
  Minamoto no Shunrai
  was an important and innovative Japanese poet, who compiled the Gosen Wakashū. He was the son of Minamoto no Tsunenobu ; holder of the second rank in court and of the position of Grand Counsellor). Shunrai was favored by Emperor Go-Sanjo and to a lesser degree Emperor Shirakawa; in no small part...
  
   (died 1129), Japanese poet

1058

• Ibn Khafajah, (died 1138 or 1139) Arabic
  Arabic poetry
  Arabic poetry is the earliest form of Arabic literature. Present knowledge of poetry in Arabic dates from the 6th century, but oral poetry is believed to predate that. Arabic poetry is categorized into two main types, rhymed, or measured, and prose, with the former greatly preceding the latter...
  
  -language poet in Al-Andalus (Spain)

Deaths

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

1050:

• Baba Kuhi, Persian Sufi poet

1053:

• Liu Yong (born 987), Song
  Song Dynasty
  The Song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty. It was the first government in world history to issue banknotes or paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a...
  
   poet

1056:

• Samuel ibn Naghrela
  Samuel ibn Naghrela
  Samuel ibn Naghrela , also known as Samuel HaNagid , , was a Talmudic scholar, grammarian, philologist, poet, warrior, and statesman, who lived in Iberia at the time of the Moorish rule....
  
   (born 993), Hebrew poet in Al-Andalus
  Al-Andalus
  Al-Andalus was the Arabic name given to a nation and territorial region also commonly referred to as Moorish Iberia. The name describes parts of the Iberian Peninsula and Septimania governed by Muslims , at various times in the period between 711 and 1492, although the territorial boundaries...
  
  

1057:

• Al-Ma'arri
  Al-Ma'arri
  Abul ʿAla Al-Maʿarri was a blind Arab philosopher, poet and writer....
  
   (born 973), blind Arab philosopher, poet and writer

1058:

• Solomon ibn Gabirol
  Solomon ibn Gabirol
  Solomon ibn Gabirol, also Solomon ben Judah , was an Andalucian Hebrew poet and Jewish philosopher with a Neoplatonic bent. He was born in Málaga about 1021; died about 1058 in Valencia.-Biography:...
  
   (born 1021), Hebrew poet in Al-Andalus
  Al-Andalus
  Al-Andalus was the Arabic name given to a nation and territorial region also commonly referred to as Moorish Iberia. The name describes parts of the Iberian Peninsula and Septimania governed by Muslims , at various times in the period between 711 and 1492, although the territorial boundaries...
  
  

See also

• Poetry
  Poetry
  Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
  
  
• 11th century in poetry
  11th century in poetry
  Years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" articles.-Events:* The surviving Beowulf manuscript likely dates to approximately 1000.* Emergence of Occitan as a literary language and of the first troubadors-Poets:* Boyan, an early skald of Rus...
  
  
• 11th century in literature
  11th century in literature
  See also: 11th century in poetry, 10th century in literature, 12th century in literature, list of years in literature.-New books:*1000 - Al-Tasrif, by Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi...
  
  
• List of years in poetry

Other events:

• Other events of the 12th century
  11th century
  As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century is the period from 1001 to 1100 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian/Common Era....
  
  
• Other events of the 13th century
  12th century
  As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century is the period from 1101 to 1200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian/Common Era. In the history of European culture, this period is considered part of the High Middle Ages and is sometimes called the Age of the...
  
  

11th century:

• 11th century in poetry
  11th century in poetry
  Years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" articles.-Events:* The surviving Beowulf manuscript likely dates to approximately 1000.* Emergence of Occitan as a literary language and of the first troubadors-Poets:* Boyan, an early skald of Rus...
  
  
• 11th century in literature
  11th century in literature
  See also: 11th century in poetry, 10th century in literature, 12th century in literature, list of years in literature.-New books:*1000 - Al-Tasrif, by Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi...