1000s in poetry explained

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

1005 - 1007:

• Compilation of the Shūi Wakashū, the third imperial Japanese poetry anthology

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] 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:

1001:

• Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (died 1091), Arab Andalusian poet of Arabic language

1002:

• Mei Yaochen (died 1060), Song poet

1003:

• Ibn Zaydún (died 1071), Arabic poet

1004:

• Nasir Khusraw (died 1088), Persian poet

1006:

• Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (died 1088), Afghan poet, also known as "Shaikul Mashayekh" (Arabic: شیخ المشایخ) [Master of (Sufi) Masters]

1007:

• Ouyang Xiu (died 1072), Chinese statesman, historian, essayist and poet of the Song Dynasty

1009:

• Qatran Tabrizi (died 1072), Persian poet

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

1001:

• Wang Yucheng (born 954), Song poet

1007:

• Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani (born 967), master of Arabic prose

1008:

• Gunnlaugr ormstunga (born 983), Icelandic skald, from injuries sustained after defeating skald Hrafn Önundarson in battle.

See also

• Poetry
• 11th century in poetry
• 11th century in literature
• List of years in poetry

Other events:

• Other events of the 12th century
• Other events of the 13th century

11th century:

• 11th century in poetry
• 11th century in literature