1180s in poetry

none November 2025 1185 poetry literature Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events 1181: Bertran de Born's first datable poem, a sirventes 1183: Ordering of the Senzai Wakashū, an imperial Japanese poetry anthology Bertran de Born composes a planh, "Mon chan fenisc ab dol et ab maltraire", on the death of Henry the Young King (on June 11). Rigaut de Berbezill composes another, "Si tuit li dol e.l plor e.l marrimen", as does Peire Raimon de Tolosa Joseph of Exeter largely completes writing his Latin epic De bello Troiano 1187: Compilation of the Senzai Wakashū, ordered in 1183 Works published 1180: Approx. date of Khusraw and Shirin by Nezami 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: 1180: August 6 – Emperor Go-Toba (died 1239), Japanese Emperor, calligrapher, painter, musician, poet, critic and editor September 4 – Raimbaut de Vaqueiras (died 1207), Provençal troubadour and knight Kambar (died 1250), medieval Tamil poet, author of the Ramavataram Peire Cardenal (died 1278), Occitan troubadour 1181: March 22 – Ibn al-Farid (died 1235), Arabic Sufi poet 1183: Approximate date – Qul Ghali (died 1236), Muslim Volga Bulgarian Old Tatar poet 1184: Sa‘di (died 1283/1291), Persian poet Ahmad al-Tifashi (died 1253), Arabic poet, writer and anthologist, in TunisiaHabib Samar https://www.google.com/books/edition/Female_Homosexuality_in_the_Middle_East/LylZ8mvsPlIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=1184 Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations August 6, 2012 Routledge 978-1-135-91008-2 66 en 1186: November 2 – Baha' al-din Zuhair (died 1258), Arabian poetBahāʾ al-Dīn Zuhayr Encyclopedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Baha-al-Din-Zuhayr 15 August 2026 Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: 1180: Minamoto no Yorimasa (born 1106), Japanese poet John Tzetzes (born 1110), Byzantine Zhu Shuzhen (born 1135), Chinese poet of the Song dynasty 1181: Serlo of Wilton (born c.1105), English-born Latin poet and abbot 1183: Wace (born 1115), Anglo-Norman poet and author of the Roman de Brut and Roman de Rou 1187: November 9 – Emperor Gaozong of the Song dynasty (born 1107) 1189: Anvari (born 1126), Persian See also Poetry Poetry 12th century in poetry 12th century in literature List of years in poetry Other events: Other events of the 12th century Other events of the 13th century 12th century: 12th century in poetry 12th century in literature References Category:12th-century poetry Poetry