7th century in poetry explained

Europe

Poets

• Cædmon likely flourishes from approximately 657 to 680 in Northumbria
• Laidcenn mac Buith Bannaig, Irish (d. 661)

Works

• • Cædmon's Hymn, Old English Dream of the Rood, Old English, possible date
• Hisperica Famina, Hiberno-Latin

Byzantine Empire

Poets

• George Pisida, in Greek

Arabic world

Poets

• Abu 'Afak, from Hijaz, a Jewish poet writing in Arabic
• Layla al-Akhyaliyya, early Banu Uqayl tribe female poet
• Al-Rabi ibn Abu al-Huqayq fl. in Arabia just before the Hejira
• Eleazar Kalir, from Kirjath-sepher, writing in Hebrew
• Al-Khansa, in Arabia, early Islamic woman poet
• Jabal ibn Jawwal, a Jewish convert to Islam, in Arabic

Births of Arab-language poets

• al-Akhtal (c. 640 - 710)
• Kumait Ibn Zaid (679 - 743)
• Kuthayyir (ca. 660-ca. 723)

Deaths of Arab-language poets

• Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha (570 - 625)
• Antarah ibn Shaddad (525 - 608)
• Durayd ibn al-Simmah (d. 630)
• Hassan ibn Thabit (d. c. 674)
• Labīd (560 - 661)
• Qays ibn al-Mullawah (d. 688)
• al-Tirimmah (died c. 723)

Works

• Recitation of the Qur'an (approx. 609–632) and compilation of the final version under Uthman (650s?)

China

Poets

• Luo Binwang (640  - 684), Chinese writer and poet, recognized as of the Four Greats of the Early Tang
• Wang Bo (649  - 676), Tang dynasty poet
• Shen Quanqi (650  - 729), Tang dynasty poet
• He Zhizhang (659  - 744), Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty and one of the Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup
• Chen Zi'ang (661  - 702), Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty
• Shangguan Wan'er (664  - 710), Chinese poet, writer, and politician
• Zhang Jiuling (673  - 740), prominent minister, noted poet and scholar of the Tang dynasty
• Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (685  - 762), emperor and poet
• Meng Haoran (689 or 691  - 740), Chinese poet especially of the landscape, history and legends of Xiangyang
• Wang Changling (698  - 765), Tang dynasty poet

Japan

• Period of introduction of Chinese literature into Japan

Poets

• Abe no Nakamaro 阿倍仲麻呂 (c. 698  - c. 770) scholar, administrator, and waka poet in the Nara period (surname: Abe)
• Empress Jitō 持統天皇 (645 - 703; 702 in the lunisolar calendar used in Japan until 1873), 41st imperial ruler, fourth empress and a poet
• Kakinomoto no Hitomaro 柿本 人麻呂 (c. 662 - 710), late Asuka period poet, nobleman and government official; the most prominent poet in the Man'yōshū anthology
• Princess Nukata 額田王 also known as Princess Nukada (c. 630 - 690), Asuka period poet
• Ōtomo no Tabito 大伴旅人 (c. 662 - 731) poet best known as the father of Ōtomo no Yakamochi; both contributed to compiling the Man'yōshū anthology; member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan; served as governor-general of Dazaifu, the military procuracy in northern Kyūshū, from 728 to 730
• Yamanoue no Okura 山上 憶良 (660 - 733), best known for his poems of children and commoners; has poems in the Man'yōshū anthology

South Asia

Poets

• Kappe Arabhatta in Kannada
• Bhartrihari (approx.), writing in Sanskrit

Timeline

• 600  - Venantius Fortunatus died about this year (born c. 530), Latin poet and hymnodist from Northern Italy
• 608  - Antarah ibn Shaddad died (born 525), Arabic poet and warrior
• 615  - Saint Columbanus died (born 543), Hiberno-Latin poet and writer
• 625  - Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha died (born 570)
• 630:
  • Durayd ibn al-Simmah died
  • Princess Nukata 額田王 also known as Princess Nukada, born about this year (died 690), Asuka period poet
• 640  - al-Akhtal born about this year (died 710)
• 645  - Empress Jitō 持統天皇 born (died 703; 702 in the lunisolar calendar used in Japan until 1873), 41st imperial ruler, fourth empress and a poet
• 657  - Cædmon likely flourishes starting about this year (fl. until c. 680) in Northumbria
• 660:
  • Kuthayyir born about this year (died c. 723)
  • Yamanoue no Okura 山上 憶良 born (died 733), best known for his poems of children and commoners; has poems in the Man'yōshū anthology; Japanese
• 661:
  • Labīd died about this year (born c. 560); Arabic poet
  • Laidcenn mac Buith Bannaig, died; Irish
• 662:
  • Kakinomoto no Hitomaro 柿本 人麻呂 born about this year (died 710), late Asuka period poet, nobleman and government official; the most prominent poet in the Man'yōshū anthology
  • Ōtomo no Tabito 大伴旅人 born about this year (died 732) poet best known as the father of Ōtomo no Yakamochi; both contributed to compiling the Man'yōshū anthology; member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan; served as governor-general of Dazaifu, the military procuracy in northern Kyūshū, from 728 to 730
• 674  - Hassan ibn Thabit died about this year
• 679  - Kumait Ibn Zaid born (died 743)
• 680  - Cædmon, last known to be living about this year (fl. starting 657) in Northumbria
• 688  - Qays ibn al-Mullawah died
• 698  - Abe no Nakamaro 阿倍仲麻呂 born about this year (died c. 770) scholar, administrator, and waka poet in the Nara period (surname: Abe)