1170s in poetry

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

Events

1170:

Peire d'Alvernhe probably wrote Chantarai d'aquest trobadors during the summertime at Puivert

1173:

Giraut de Bornelh composed a planh on the death of Raimbaut of Orange

Works published

Approximate date

Serlo of Wilton, "Linquo coax ranis"

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:
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

1171:

Fujiwara Toshinari no Musume, a Japanese poet

1172:

Shota Rustaveli, Georgian poet

1173:

Huguet de Mataplana, troubadour, dies of wounds received in the Battle of Muret
Kolbeinn Tumason, Icelandic skald, composed Heyr himna smiður

1175:

1176:

Elazar Rokeach, a Talmudist, Cabalist, moralist, scientist and poet

1177:

Gyōi, Japanese poet and Buddhist monk
Lal Shahbaz Qalander, sufi saint, philosopher, poet, and qalandar
Najmeddin Razi, Persian Sufi

1178:

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

1171:

Dietmar von Aist, an early Minnesänger
Rabbeinu Tam, Hebrew liturgical poet, in France

1173:

1178:

Bernard Silvestris, a Latin poet in France