980s in poetry

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

List of years in poetry (table)
… 975 976 977 978 979 980 981 982 983 984 985 986 987 988 989 990 991 992 993 994 995 …
In literature 982 983 984 985 986 987 988
Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science +...

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, scholar 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 徽子女王 (born 929), Japanese waka poet and noblewoman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals

See also

•  Poetry portal

• 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