940s in poetry

This article covers 940s in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.

Works published

941:

Adipurana by Adikavi Pampa

945:

Publication of Ten Styles of Tadamine by Mibu no Tadamine

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:
940:

Ferdowsi, Persian poet, author of Shahnameh

949:

Fujiwara no Nagayoshi, Japanese poet and a court bureaucrat of the Heian period
Ranna, writing in Kannada language

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
941:

Rudaki, Persian poet in the Perso-Arabic alphabet or "New Persian" script

943:

Fujiwara no Atsutada, 藤原敦忠, also 権中納言敦忠; also known as 本院中納言 and 琵琶中納言,, middle Heian period waka poet and nobleman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals; one of his poems is included in the Hyakunin Isshu anthology

945:

Ki no Tsurayuki, Japanese author, poet and courtier of the Heian period

948:

Minamoto no Kintada, one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Japan