850s in poetry

850: • Kavirajamarga, the first poetry book in the Kannada language, by King Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I 853: • Vardhaman Charitra (Life of Vardhaman) by Asaga, the first Sanskrit biography of Jain Tirthankara, Mahavir. ==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: 850: • Ki no Tomonori (died 904), Japanese waka poet 857: • Ch'oe Ch'i-wŏn, (died unknown), in Silla (Korea) 858: • Mansur Al-Hallaj (died 922), Persian poet, mystic, revolutionary writer and pious teacher of Sufism, most famous for his apparent, but disputed, self-proclaimed divinity 859: • Rudaki (died 941), Persian poet ==Deaths==

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: 850: • Shih-Te (born unknown), Chinese monk and poet 852: • Du Mu (born 803), Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty 853: • Ono no Takamura (born 802), Heian period scholar and poet 858: • Li Shangyin (born 813), Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty ==See also==