1209 in poetry explained

Events

• Guillem Augier Novella penned A People Grieving for the Death of their Lord, a planh on the death of Raymond Roger Trencavel.^[1]
• Gui d'Ussel, in obedience to a papal injunction from Pierre de Castelnau, ceased composing and writing.^[2]

Births

• Shang Ting (died 1288), writer of Chinese Sanqu poetry

Deaths

• Nizami Ganjavi (born 1141), Persian romantic epic poet
• Ruzbihan Baqli (born 1128), Persian poet, mystic, and Sufi

Notes and References

1. Book: Graham-Leigh, Elaine . The southern French nobility and the Albigensian Crusade . 2005 . Boydell Press . 978-1-84615-429-4 . Woodbridge, Suffolk, England . 30-31 . 666925270.
2. Book: Aubrey, Elizabeth . The music of the troubadours . 1996 . Indiana University Press . 0-253-33207-9 . Bloomington . 16 . 34283373.