840s in poetry explained

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

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:

840:

• Saint Clement of Ohrid (died 916), Bulgarian writer and founder of the Ohrid Literary School

845:

• Sugawara no Michizane (died 903), Japanese kanshi poet

849:

• Alfred the Great (died 899)

Deaths

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

842:

• Liu Yuxi (born 772), Chinese poet

843:

• Jia Dao (born 779), Chinese poet of discursive gushi and lyric jintishi

845:

• Abu Tammam (born 805), Arab poet and Muslim convert

846:

• Bai Juyi (also transliterated as Po Chü-I), (born 772), Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty

849:

• August 18: Walafrid Strabo (born 808), Frankish monk, historian, poet and theological writer

See also

• Poetry
• 9th century in poetry
• 9th century in literature
• List of years in poetry

Other events:

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

9th century:

• 9th century in poetry
• 9th century in literature