1272 in poetry explained

Births

• Shiwu (died 1352), Chinese Chan poet and hermit.^[1]

Deaths

• Enzo of Sardinia (born 1218), knight and general who wrote poems after being captured and imprisoned for more than 20 years.^[2]

Notes and References

1. The Zen Works of Stonehouse: Poems and Talks of a 14th-Century Chinese Hermit, Red Pine, 1999, p. xi
2. Book: D'Epiro . Peter . Sprezzatura: 50 Ways Italian Genius Shaped the World . Pinkowish . Mary Desmond . 2007-12-18 . Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group . 978-0-307-42792-2 . 86 . en.