980s in poetry

List of years in poetry (table)
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In literature 982 983 984 985 986 987 988
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Works published

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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
• 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