6th century in poetry

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Centuries in poetry:	5th century - 6th century - 7th century
Decades in poetry:	500s 510s 520s 530s 540s 550s 560s 570s 580s 590s
Centuries:	5th century - 6th century - 7th century

Contents 1 Arabic world 1.1 Poets 1.2 Works 2 Europe 2.1 Poets 2.2 Works 3 Byzantine Empire 3.1 Poets 4 South Asia 4.1 Poets 5 Decades and years

[edit] Arabic world

Pre-Islamic poetry at it's height as the Arabic language emerges as a literary language.

[edit] Poets

• 'Alqama ibn 'Abada
• Amr ibn Kulthum ( - c. 584?)
• Antara Ibn Shaddad (d. c. 580)
• Asma bint Marwan
• Harith Ibn Hilliza Ul-Yashkuri (approx.)
• Imru' al-Qais flourished mid-century; purported inventor of the Qasida form
• Ka'b bin Zuhayr flourished during the time of Mohammed
• Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya (d. c. 560), a Jewish poet writing in Arabic
• Tarafa

[edit] Works

[edit] Europe

[edit] Poets

• Aneirin, a Brythonic Bard, flourishes in Cumbria toward the end of the century
• Taliesin (c. 534–c.599), the earliest identified Welsh poet
• Arator, of Liguria, writing in Latin
• Venantius Fortunatus (ca. 530-ca. 600), Latin poet and hymnodist from Northern Italy

[edit] Works

[edit] Byzantine Empire

[edit] Poets

• Musaeus
• Agathias (c. 536-582/594)
• Paulus Silentiarius
• Romanos (approx.)
• Procopius (c. 500 - 565)

[edit] South Asia

[edit] Poets

• Dandi, writing in Sanskrit (approx.)

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