1150s in poetry

1151: • Shika Wakashū, a Japanese imperial poetry anthology, begun • jongleur Palla at the Burgos court of Alfonso VII of León ==Works published==

1150: • Geoffrey of Monmouth's Vita Merlini, an adoption of the Welsh tales of Merlin (approx.) 1154: • Shika Wakashū, a Japanese imperial poetry anthology, completed 1155: • Roman de Brut by Wace (approx.) • Ensenhamen de la donzela by Garin lo Brun (poss.) 1157: • The Kakawin Bhāratayuddha, a Javanese retelling of stories from the Mahabharata ==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: 1150: • Folquet de Marselha (died 1231), Occitan troubadour • Dalfi d'Alvernha (died 1234/1235), Count, troubadour and patron of troubadours • Conon de Béthune (died 1219), crusader and trouvère 1153: • Kamo no Chōmei (died 1216), Japanese author, poet (waka), and essayist 1154: • Benoît de Sainte-Maure (died 1173), Anglo-Norman poet 1155: • Jiang Kui (died 1221), Chinese poet, composer and calligrapher of the Song dynasty • Jien (died 1225), Japanese poet, historian, and Buddhist monk • William I of Baux (died 1218), French nobleman and troubadour 1157: • Alfonso II of Aragon (died 1196), an Occitan troubadour • Richard I of England (died 1199), Poitevin and Occitan poet 1158: • Fujiwara no Ietaka (died 1237), Japanese Kamakura period waka poet ==Deaths==

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: 1151: • Li Qingzhao (born 1084), Chinese writer and poet of the Song dynasty 1155: • Geoffrey of Monmouth (born 1100), British clergyman whose Latin writings included early versions of the Merlin (King Arthur) epic 1156: • Garin lo Brun (born unknown), early Auvergnat troubadour 1157: • Falaki Shirvani (born 1107), Persian ==See also==