1291 in poetry
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- Jacob van MaerlantJacob van MaerlantJacob van Maerlant was the greatest Flemish poet of the thirteenth century and one of the most important Middle Dutch authors during the Middle Ages.-Biography:...
writes his last poem Van den Lande van Oversee after the fall of Acre, IsraelAcre, IsraelAcre , is a city in the Western Galilee region of northern Israel at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay. Acre is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the country....
Births
- Philippe de VitryPhilippe de VitryPhilippe de Vitry was a French composer, music theorist and poet. He was an accomplished, innovative, and influential composer, and may also have been the author of the Ars Nova treatise...
(died 1361), French composer, music theorist and poet
Deaths
- SaadiSaadi (poet)Abū-Muḥammad Muṣliḥ al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī better known by his pen-name as Saʿdī or, simply, Saadi, was one of the major Persian poets of the medieval period. He is not only famous in Persian-speaking countries, but he has also been quoted in western sources...
, Persian (est. - some sources suggest as early as 12831283 in poetry-Births:* Juan Ruiz , known as the Archpriest of Hita , was a medieval Spanish poet-Deaths:* Estimated date of death of Sa‘di , Persian poet...
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