7th century in poetry

Europe

Poets

• Cædmon likely flourishes from approximately 657 to 680 in Northumbria
• Laidcenn mac Buith Bannaig, Irish

Works

Byzantine Empire

Poets

• George Pisida, in Greek

Arabic world

Poets

• Abu 'Afak, from Hijaz, a Jewish poet writing in Arabic
• Layla al-Akhyaliyya, early Banu Uqayl tribe female poet
• Al-Rabi ibn Abu al-Huqayq fl. in Arabia just before the Hejira
• Eleazar Kalir, from Kirjath-sepher, writing in Hebrew
• Al-Khansa, in Arabia, early Islamic woman poet
• Jabal ibn Jawwal, a Jewish convert to Islam, in Arabic

Births of Arab-language poets

• al-Akhtal
• Kumait Ibn Zaid
• Kuthayyir

Deaths of Arab-language poets

• Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha
• Antarah ibn Shaddad
• Durayd ibn al-Simmah
• Hassan ibn Thabit
• Labīd
• Qays ibn al-Mullawah
• al-Tirimmah

Works

• Recitation of the Qur'an and compilation of the final version under Uthman

China

Poets

• Luo Binwang, Chinese writer and poet, recognized as of the Four Greats of the Early Tang
• Wang Bo, Tang dynasty poet
• Shen Quanqi, Tang dynasty poet
• He Zhizhang, Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty and one of the Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup
• Chen Zi'ang, Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty
• Shangguan Wan'er, Chinese poet, writer, and politician
• Zhang Jiuling, prominent minister, noted poet and scholar of the Tang dynasty
• Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, emperor and poet
• Meng Haoran, Chinese poet especially of the landscape, history and legends of Xiangyang
• Wang Changling, Tang dynasty poet

Japan

• Period of introduction of Chinese literature into Japan

Poets

• Abe no Nakamaro 阿倍仲麻呂 scholar, administrator, and waka poet in the Nara period
• Empress Jitō 持統天皇, 41st imperial ruler, fourth empress and a poet
• 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
• Princess Nukata 額田王 also known as Princess Nukada, Asuka period poet
• 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 to 730
• Yamanoue no Okura 山上 憶良, best known for his poems of children and commoners; has poems in the Man'yōshū anthology

South Asia

Poets

• Kappe Arabhatta in Kannada
• Bhartrihari, writing in Sanskrit

Timeline

• 600 - Venantius Fortunatus died about this year, Latin poet and hymnodist from Northern Italy
• 608 - Antarah ibn Shaddad died, Arabic poet and warrior
• 615 - Saint Columbanus died, Hiberno-Latin poet and writer
• 625 - Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha died
• 630:
• * Durayd ibn al-Simmah died
• * Princess Nukata 額田王 also known as Princess Nukada, born about this year, Asuka period poet
• 640 - al-Akhtal born about this year
• 645 - Empress Jitō 持統天皇 born, 41st imperial ruler, fourth empress and a poet
• 657 - Cædmon likely flourishes starting about this year in Northumbria
• 660:
• * Kuthayyir born about this year
• *Yamanoue no Okura 山上 憶良 born, best known for his poems of children and commoners; has poems in the Man'yōshū anthology; Japanese
• 661:
• * Labīd died about this year ; Arabic poet
• * Laidcenn mac Buith Bannaig, died; Irish
• 662:
• * Kakinomoto no Hitomaro 柿本 人麻呂 born about this year, late Asuka period poet, nobleman and government official; the most prominent poet in the Man'yōshū anthology
• * Ōtomo no Tabito 大伴旅人 born about this year 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 to 730
• 674 - Hassan ibn Thabit died about this year
• 679 - Kumait Ibn Zaid born
• 680 - Cædmon, last known to be living about this year in Northumbria
• 688 - Qays ibn al-Mullawah died
• 698 - Abe no Nakamaro 阿倍仲麻呂 born about this year scholar, administrator, and waka poet in the Nara period