10th century in poetry

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Contents 1 Arabic and Persian World 1.1 Events 1.2 Poets 1.3 Works 2 Celtic and Germanic Europe 2.1 Events 2.2 Poets 2.3 Works 3 Byzantine Empire and Slavic Europe 4 India 4.1 Poets 5 Japan 5.1 Works 5.2 Poets 6 Decades and years

[edit] Arabic and Persian World

[edit] Events

• Golden age of Jewish culture in the Iberian Peninsula

[edit] Poets

• Ferdowsi (فردوسی), poet (935-1020)
• Abu Mansur Daqiqi (935/942 - 976/980)
• Rabi'a Balkhi (10th century)
• Asjadi (10th/11th Century)
• Farrukhi Sistani (10th/11th century)
• Kisai Marvazi (10th century)
• Ayyuqi (10th century)

[edit] Works

• Publication of the Kitab al-Aghani or Book of Songs collecting important 9th century Arabic poetry and songs.

[edit] Celtic and Germanic Europe

[edit] Events

• "Age of the Sagays" - most of the events described in the Norse and Icelandic Sagas date to the period from 930 to 1030 CE.
• The Rhyming Poem, included in the Exeter Book, is the first record of rhyming in English poetry.

[edit] Poets

• Deor, a scop, writes his Lament
• 10th century Norse and Icelandic skalds for which exact dates are unavailable:

• Eilífr Goðrúnarson, author of Þórsdrápa
• Einarr Helgason
• Eysteinn Valdason
• Eyvindr skáldaspillir, author of Hákonarmál and Háleygjatal
• Guthormr sindri, author of Hákonardrápa
• Egill Skalla-Grímsson (ca. 910 - ca. 990)
• Kormákur Ögmundarson (Fl. 10th century)
• Þórarinn Þórólfsson (Fl. 10th century), author of Þórarinn svarti or Þórarinn Máhlíðingur
• Einar skálaglamm (Fl. 10th century), author of Einar Helgason
• Hallfreður vandræðaskáld (Fl. 10th – 11th centuries), author of Hallfreður Óttarsson

[edit] Works

• Exeter Book, a collection of Old English literature

[edit] Byzantine Empire and Slavic Europe

• Acritic songs in the Byzantine Empire
• Compilation of the ultimate edition of the Greek Anthology

[edit] India

[edit] Poets

• Andal flourishes, writing in Tamil
• Nagavarma I writes in Kannada
• Sri Ponna writes in Kannada
• Shivakotiacharya writes in Kannada (approx. - may be earlier)

[edit] Japan

[edit] Works

• Presentation of the Kokin Wakashū (c. 905), an early poetry anthology, to the Emperor

[edit] Poets

• Approximate date of Fujiwara no Toshiyuki (c. 901-907)

[edit] Decades and years

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