940s in poetry

941: • Adipurana by Adikavi Pampa 945: • Publication of Ten Styles of Tadamine by Mibu no Tadamine (approx) ==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: 940: • Ferdowsi (died 1020), Persian poet, author of Shahnameh 949: • Fujiwara no Nagayoshi (died unknown), Japanese poet and a court bureaucrat of the Heian period • Ranna (died unknown), writing in Kannada language (approx.) ==Deaths==

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: 941: • Rudaki (born 858), Persian poet in the Perso-Arabic alphabet or "New Persian" script 943: • Fujiwara no Atsutada, 藤原敦忠, also 権中納言敦忠; also known as 本院中納言 ("Hon'in Chunagon") and 琵琶中納言 ("Biwa Chunagon"), (born 906), middle Heian period waka poet and nobleman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals; one of his poems is included in the Hyakunin Isshu anthology 945: • Ki no Tsurayuki (born 872), Japanese author, poet and courtier of the Heian period 948: • Minamoto no Kintada (born 889), one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Japan ==See also==