940s in poetry

List of years in poetry (table)
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In literature 942 943 944 945 946 947 948
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Works published

941:

• Adipurana by Adikavi Pampa

945:

• Publication of Ten Styles of Tadamine by Mibu no Tadamine (approx)

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:

940:

• Ferdowsi (died 1020), Persian poet, author of Shahnameh

949:

• Fujiwara no Nagayoshi (died unknown), Japanese poet and a court bureaucrat of the Heian period
• Ranna (died unknown), writing in Kannada language (approx.)

Deaths

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

941:

• Rudaki (born 858), Persian poet in the Perso-Arabic alphabet or "New Persian" script

943:

• Fujiwara no Atsutada, 藤原敦忠, also 権中納言敦忠; also known as 本院中納言 ("Hon'in Chunagon") and 琵琶中納言 ("Biwa Chunagon"), (born 906), middle Heian period waka poet and nobleman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals; one of his poems is included in the Hyakunin Isshu anthology

945:

• Ki no Tsurayuki (born 872), Japanese author, poet and courtier of the Heian period

948:

• Minamoto no Kintada (born 889), one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Japan

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

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