1150s in poetry

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

Events

1151:

Shika Wakashū, a Japanese imperial poetry anthology, begun
jongleur Palla at the Burgos court of Alfonso VII of León

Works published

1150:

Geoffrey of Monmouth's Vita Merlini, an adoption of the Welsh tales of Merlin

1154:

Shika Wakashū, a Japanese imperial poetry anthology, completed

1155:Roman de Brut by Wace Ensenhamen de la donzela by Garin lo Brun
1157:

The Kakawin Bhāratayuddha, a Javanese retelling of stories from the Mahabharata

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:
1150:

Folquet de Marselha, Occitan troubadour
Dalfi d'Alvernha, Count, troubadour and patron of troubadours
Conon de Béthune, crusader and trouvère

1153:

Kamo no Chōmei, Japanese author, poet, and essayist

1154:

Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Anglo-Norman poet

1155:

Jiang Kui, Chinese poet, composer and calligrapher of the Song dynasty
Jien, Japanese poet, historian, and Buddhist monk
William I of Baux, French nobleman and troubadour

1157:

Alfonso II of Aragon, an Occitan troubadour
Richard I of England, Poitevin and Occitan poet

1158:

Fujiwara no Ietaka, Japanese Kamakura period waka poet

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
1151:

Li Qingzhao, Chinese writer and poet of the Song dynasty

1155:

Geoffrey of Monmouth, British clergyman whose Latin writings included early versions of the Merlin epic

1156:

Garin lo Brun, early Auvergnat troubadour

1157:

Falaki Shirvani, Persian