1080s in poetry

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

Events

1086:

Compilation of the Goshūi Wakashū, the fourth imperial Japanese poetry anthology, completed

Works produced

1087:

"The Rime of King William"

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:
1080:

Sanai, Persian Sufi poet

1084:

Li Qingzhao, Song

1085:

Bernard Silvestris, a Latin poet in France

1089:

Abraham ibn Ezra, Hebrew poet in Al-Andalus

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
1083:

Zeng Gong, Song poet, scholar and historian

1086:

Muhammad ibn Ammar, Arabic poet, ruler and chess player in Al-Andalus
Wang Anshi, Song economist, statesman, chancellor and poet

1088:

Nasir Khusraw, Persian poet, philosopher, scholar and traveler
Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, Afghan poet, also known as "Shaikul Mashayekh"

1089:

Isaac ibn Ghiyyat, a Hebrew poet in al-Andalus