1170s in poetry
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Events
1170:- Peire d'Alvernhe probably wrote Chantarai d'aquest trobadors during the summertime at Puivert
- Giraut de Bornelh composed a planh on the death of Raimbaut of Orange
Works published
Approximate dateBirths
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:1170:
- Gaucelm Faidit, Occitan troubadour
- Hartmann von Aue, German poet of the Middle High German period
- Wolfram von Eschenbach, German knight and poet; as a Minnesinger, he also wrote lyric poetry
- Pons d'Ortaffa, Catalan nobleman and troubadour
- Sighvatr Sturluson, skald poet, goði and member of the Icelandic Sturlungar clan
- Walther von der Vogelweide, Middle High German lyric poet
1172:
- Shota Rustaveli, Georgian poet
- Huguet de Mataplana, troubadour, dies of wounds received in the Battle of Muret
- Kolbeinn Tumason, Icelandic skald, composed Heyr himna smiður
1176:
- Elazar Rokeach, a Talmudist, Cabalist, moralist, scientist and poet
- Gyōi, Japanese poet and Buddhist monk
- Lal Shahbaz Qalander, sufi saint, philosopher, poet, and qalandar
- Najmeddin Razi, Persian Sufi
- Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:1170:
- Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd, Welsh
- Eliezer ben Nathan, in Hebrew
- Dietmar von Aist, an early Minnesänger
- Rabbeinu Tam, Hebrew liturgical poet, in France
1178:
- Bernard Silvestris, a Latin poet in France