850s in poetry

This article covers 850s in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.

Works published

850:

Kavirajamarga, the first poetry book in the Kannada language, by King Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I

853:Vardhaman Charitra by Asaga, the first Sanskrit biography of Jain Tirthankara, Mahavir.

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:
850:

Ki no Tomonori, Japanese waka poet

857:

Ch'oe Ch'i-wŏn,, in Silla

858:

Mansur Al-Hallaj, Persian poet, mystic, revolutionary writer and pious teacher of Sufism, most famous for his apparent, but disputed, self-proclaimed divinity

859:

Rudaki, Persian poet

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
850:

Shih-Te, Chinese monk and poet

852:

Du Mu, Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty

853:

Ono no Takamura, Heian period scholar and poet

858:

Li Shangyin, Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty