8th century in poetry

8th century in poetry

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East Asia

Events

*Chinese poetry reaches a highpoint in the Tang dynasty with the work of Li Bai and Du Fu.
*Japanese poetry emerges, and the first imperial poetry anthologies are compiled

Poets

* Lady Kasa, Japan
* Yamanoue no Okura (c. 660-733) Japan
* Yamabe no Akahito (700-736)

Arabic World

Events

* Compilation of the Mufaddaliyat (prior to 784) and the Mu'allaqat, the major collections of pre-Islamic Arabic poetry.

Poets

* Khalil ibn Ahmad (c. 718–c. 791)

Europe

*Likely period for the first composition of the poems that were ultimately compiled in the Beowulf manuscript

Poets

* Paulinus of Aquileia(c. 730/40 - 802) Italian ecclesiastic and poet.
* Blathmac mac Cú Brettan, Irish filè
* Niníne Éces, Irish (d. c. 700)

Byzantine Empire

Poets

* Saint Andrew of Crete (ca. 650 – July 4, 740)

outh Asia

Poets

* Bharavi, writing in Sanskrit
* Magha, writing in Sanskrit
* Saraha, writing in Old Hindi

Works

Decades and years


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