1238 in poetry
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The following events are associated with the year 1238 AD in poetry.
Births
- Yao SuiYao SuiYao Sui 姚燧, writer of Chinese Sanqu poetry and official, was the nephew of the noted official Yao Shu 姚樞 and uncle of the dramatist and sanqu poet Yao Shouzhong 姚守中. At three he was orphaned. He was raised by his uncle Yao Shu. He began his studies with the scholar Xu Heng...
(died 1313), writer of Chinese Sanqu poetryChinese Sanqu poetryChinese Sanqu poetry refers to a fixed-rhythm form of Classical Chinese poetry, or "literary song", specifically sanqu is a subtype of the qu formal type of poetry. Sanqu was a notable Chinese poetic form, possibly beginning in the Jin Dynasty ; but, especially associated with the Yuan , Ming ,...
and an official - Homam-e TabriziHomam-e TabriziHomam-e Tabrizi or HOMĀM-AL-DIN B. ʿALĀʾ TABRIZI was an Persian poet of the Ilkhanid era. He was a follower of Saadi and his poetry was mostly in form of ghazal.-Biography:...
born either 1238 or 1239 (died 1314), PersianPersian peopleThe Persian people are part of the Iranian peoples who speak the modern Persian language and closely akin Iranian dialects and languages. The origin of the ethnic Iranian/Persian peoples are traced to the Ancient Iranian peoples, who were part of the ancient Indo-Iranians and themselves part of...
poet of the Ilkhanid era
Deaths
- Elazar RokeachElazar RokeachEleazar Rokeach , also known as Eleazar of Worms or Eleazar ben Judah ben Kalonymus, was a leading Talmudist and mystic, and the last major member of the Chassidei Ashkenaz, a group of German Jewish pietists.- Biography :...
(born 1176), a Talmudist, Cabalist, moralist, scientist and poet - Sighvatr SturlusonSighvatr SturlusonSighvatr Sturluson was a skaldic poet, goði and member of the Icelandic Sturlungar clan. His parents were Sturla Þórðarson of Hvammr and Guðný Böðvarsdóttir. His younger brother, the famous poet and historian Snorri Sturluson, grew up away from home, in Oddi, while Sighvatr and his elder brother...
(born 1170), skaldic poet, goði and member of the Icelandic Sturlungar clan