1238 in poetry

Births

• Yao Sui, writer of Chinese Sanqu poetry and an official
• Homam-e Tabrizi born either 1238 or 1239, Persian poet of the Ilkhanid era

Deaths

• Elazar Rokeach, a Talmudist, Cabalist, moralist, scientist and poet
• Sighvatr Sturluson, skaldic poet, goði and member of the Icelandic Sturlungar clan
• Awhad al-Din Kermani, Persian Sufi poet