8th century in poetry
East Asia
Events
- Wang Wei, Tang dynasty Chinese poet, musician, painter and statesman
- Li Bai, Chinese poet, one of the "Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup"
- Cui Hao, Chinese poet especially of women, frontier outposts, and natural scenery
- Qian Qi, Chinese poet
- Du Fu, Chinese poet especially of historical subjects
- Wei Yingwu, Chinese poet whose works are included in the Three Hundred Tang Poems
- Quan Deyu, chancellor of the Tang dynasty and poet
- Han Yu, a precursor of Neo-Confucianism as well as an essayist and poet
- Xue Tao, female Chinese poet
- Bai Juyi, Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty, writing poems themed around his responsibilities as a governor; renowned in Japan as well
- Liu Yuxi, Chinese poet, philosopher, and essayist
- Liu Zongyuan, Chinese writer and poet
- Jia Dao, Chinese poet of discursive gushi and lyric jintishi
- Yuan Zhen, Chinese writer and poet of the middle Tang dynasty known for his work Yingying's Biography
- Li He, Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty, known for his unconventional and imaginative style
- Lu Tong, Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty, known for his tea poems
- Niu Yingzhen, Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty
Japanese Poets
- Abe no Nakamaro 阿倍仲麻呂, scholar, administrator, and waka poet in the Nara period
- Fujiwara no Hamanari 藤原 浜成, poet and a nobleman of the Nara period; best known for Kakyō Hyōshiki, the oldest extant piece of Japanese poetic criticism, in which he attempts to apply phonetic rules of Chinese poetry to Japanese poetry; son of Fujiwara no Maro
- Fujiwara no Sadakata 藤原定方, also known as "Sanjo Udaijin" 三条右大臣, father of poet Asatada, cousin and father-in-law of Kanesuke; has a poem in Hyakunin Isshu anthology
- Kakinomoto no Hitomaro 柿本 人麻呂, late Asuka period poet, nobleman and government official; the most prominent poet in the Man'yōshū anthology
- Lady Kasa 笠女郎 waka poet, a woman
- Kūkai 空海, also known posthumously as "Kōbō-Daishi" 弘法大師, monk, scholar, poet, and artist who founded the Shingon or "True Word" school of Buddhism, followers of that school usually refer to him by the honorific title "Odaishisama" お大師様
- Empress Jitō 持統天皇, 41st imperial ruler, fourth empress and a poet
- Ōtomo no Sakanoe no Iratsume, Japanese early Nara period female poet; member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan; has 79 poems in the Man'yōshū anthology
- Ōtomo no Tabito 大伴旅人 poet best known as the father of Ōtomo no Yakamochi; both contributed to compiling the Man'yōshū anthology; member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan; served as governor-general of Dazaifu, the military procuracy in northern Kyūshū, from 728-730
- Ōtomo no Yakamochi 大伴家持, Nara period statesman and waka poet; one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals; member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan; son of Ōtomo no Tabito, older brother of Ōtomo no Kakimochi, nephew of Ōtomo no Sakanoe no Iratsume
- Sami Mansei 沙弥満誓, secular name was Kasa no Ason Maro, Buddhist priest and poet; a member of Ōtomo no Tabito's literary circle; has poems in the Man'yōshū anthology
- Yamabe no Akahito 山部赤人 or 山邊赤人, Nara period poet with 13 chōka and 37 tanka in the Man'yōshū anthology; has been called the kami of poetry, and Waka Nisei along with Kakinomoto no Hitomaro; one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals
- Yamanoue no Okura 山上 憶良, best known for his poems of children and commoners; has poems in the Man'yōshū anthology
- Ōtomo no Sakanoe no Iratsume, early Nara period female poet; member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan; has 79 poems in the Man'yōshū anthology
Works
Arabic World
Events
Births of Arab poets
Deaths of Arab poets
Europe
Poets
Works
Byzantine Empire
Poets
South Asia
Poets