890s in poetry

This article covers 890s in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.

Events

893:

Mibu no Tadamine wins the ''Koresada no miko no ie no uta'awase''

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:
897:

Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, Iranian scholar of Arab-Quraysh origin who is noted for collecting and preserving ancient Arabic lyrics and poems in his major work, the Kitāb al-Aghānī

898:

Ōshikōchi Mitsune, one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Heian Japan

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
890:

Feb. 12: Henjo, one of the Six best Waka poets and Thirty-six Poetry Immortals

893:

Ariwara no Yukihira, Japanese Heian period courtier, poet and bureaucrat

896:

Flann mac Lonáin, Irish Gaelic poet

897:

al-Buhturi, Arabian poet

899:

Oct. 26: Alfred the Great, King and poet, wrote ''Lays of Boethius''