920s in poetry
This article covers 920s in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Works published
920:- Waltharius, a Latin poem founded on German popular tradition, which relates the exploits of the west Gothic hero Walter of Aquitaine
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:920:
- Dunash ben Labrat, Jewish poet in Al-Andalus
- Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu, one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Japan
- Fujiwara no Nakafumi, one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Japan
929:
- Kishi Joō, one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals and an early Japanese woman poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:920:
- Mibu no Tadamine, Japanese waka poet
- March 26: Mansur Al-Hallaj, Persian mystic, revolutionary writer, poet and pious teacher of Sufism; most famous for his apparent, but disputed, self-proclaimed divinity
- Oshikochi Mitsune, Japanese waka poet and one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals
- Vasugupta, writer of the Shiva Sutras of Vasugupta