960s in poetry

This article covers 960s in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.

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:
966:

Fujiwara no Kintō, Japanese poet, publisher of the Shūi Wakashū; he created the concept of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals
Sei Shōnagon, author of The Pillow Book

967:

Dec 7 - Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr, Persian poet
Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani, Arab poet

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
965:

Ahmad ibn-al-Husayn al-Mutanabbi, Arab poet

966:

Fujiwara no Asatada, one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Japan
Sri Ponna, writing in the Kannada language

967:

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

968:

Abu Firas al-Hamdani, Arab poet