840s 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: 840: • Saint Clement of Ohrid (died 916), Bulgarian writer and founder of the Ohrid Literary School 845: • Sugawara no Michizane (died 903), Japanese kanshi poet 849: • Alfred the Great (died 899) ==Deaths==

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: 842: • Liu Yuxi (born 772), Chinese poet 843: • Jia Dao (born 779), Chinese poet of discursive gushi and lyric jintishi 845: • Abu Tammam (born 805), Arab poet and Muslim convert 846: • Bai Juyi (also transliterated as Po Chü-I), (born 772), Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty 849: • August 18: Walafrid Strabo (born 808), Frankish monk, historian, poet and theological writer ==See also==