820s in poetry

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

Events

825:

Approximate date of completion of the Heliand

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:
820:

al-Buhturi, Arabian poet

825:

Ariwara no Narihira, one of the Six best Waka poets
Ono no Komachi, an early woman poet and also one of the Six best Waka poets

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
821:

December 18 - Theodulf of Orléans, in Angers

824:

Han Yu, Chinese essayist and poet

826:

Theodore the Studite, Byzantine monk and abbot

828:

Abu al-Alahijah, Islamic poet famous for writing homilies
Abu-l-'Atahiya, Arab poet
Al-Asma'i, Arab scholar and poet