980s in poetry

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

Events

Works published

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:

983:

• Gunnlaugr ormstunga (died 1008), Icelandic skald

987:

• Liu Yong (died 1053), Song

Deaths

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

983:

• Minamoto no Shitagō 源順 (born 911), Japanese waka poet, acholar and nobleman; one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber and Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Japan; author of the Minamoto no Shitagōshū (源順集^?) poetry collection; some scholars claim that he also wrote the Taketori Monogatari; original compiler of the Wamyō Ruijushō, the first extant Japanese dictionary organized into semantic headings

985:

• Kishi Joō (born unknown), one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals and an early Japanese woman poet

See also

• Poetry
• 10th century in poetry
• 10th century in literature
• List of years in poetry

Other events:

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

10th century:

• 10th century in poetry
• 10th century in literature

Notes