800s in poetry

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: 800: • King Amoghavarsha I, of the Rashtrakuta dynasty, (died 878), king and Kannada poet 802: • Ono no Takamura (died 853), Heian period scholar and poet 803: • Du Mu (died 852), Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty 805: • Abu Tammam (died 845), Arab poet and Muslim convert 806: • Tung-Shan (died 869), Buddhist scholar and poet 808: • Walafrid Strabo (died 849), Frankish monk, historian, poet and theological writer ==Deaths==

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: 802: • Saint Paulinus II (born between 730 and 740), Patriarch of Aquileia and a member of Charlemagne's court 804: • May 19 - Alcuin (born 735), scholar, ecclesiastic, poet and teacher from York, Northumbria • Lu Yu (born 733), the "Sage of Tea" • Ibrahim Al-Mausili (born 742), Persian singer and poet 809: • Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (born 750), Arab Abbasid poet ==See also==