1010s in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.

Events

1010:

March 8 - Persian poet Ferdowsi finishes writing the Shahnameh which will be regarded as the national epic of the greater Iranian culture.

Births

Death years link to the corresponding " 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:
1011:

Shao Yong, Song Chinese philosopher, cosmologist, poet and historian

1012:

Cai Xiang, Song poet scholar and vizier of the Seljuq Empire

1018:

Nizam al-Mulk, Persian
Michael Psellos born 1017 or 1018, Byzantine poet and historian

1019:

Zeng Gong, Song poet

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
1012:

Shams al-Mo'ali Abol-hasan Ghaboos ibn Wushmgir, author of the Qabus nama