7th century in poetry

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Centuries in poetry:	6th century - 7th century - 8th century
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Centuries:	6th century - 7th century - 8th century

Europe

Poets

Cædmon likely flourishes from approximately 657 to 680 in Northumbria
Laidcenn mac Buith Bannaig, Irish (d. 661)

Works

Cædmon's Hymn, Old English
Dream of the Rood, Old English, possible date
Hisperica Famina, Hiberno-Latin

Byzantine Empire

Poets

George Pisida, in Greek

Arabic world

Poets

Abu 'Afak, from Hijaz, a Jewish poet writing in Arabic
Layla al-Akhyaliyya, early Banu Uqayl tribe female poet
Al-Rabi ibn Abu al-Huqayq fl. in Arabia just before the Hejira
Eleazar Kalir, from Kirjath-sepher, writing in Hebrew
Al-Khansa, in Arabia, early Islamic woman poet
Jabal ibn Jawwal, a Jewish convert to Islam, in Arabic

Births of Arab-language poets

al-Akhtal (c. 640–710)
Kumait Ibn Zaid (679–743)
Kuthayyir (ca. 660-ca. 723)

Deaths of Arab-language poets

Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha (570–625)
Antarah ibn Shaddad (525–608)
Durayd ibn al-Simmah (d. 630)
Hassan ibn Thabit (d. c. 674)
Labīd (560–661)
Qays ibn al-Mullawah (d. 688)
al-Tirimmah (died c. 723)

Works

Recitation of the Qur'an (approx. 609–632) and compilation of the final version under Uthman (650s?)

China

Poets

Luo Binwang (640 – 684), Chinese writer and poet, recognized as of the Four Greats of the Early Tang
Wang Bo (649 – 676), Tang dynasty poet
Shen Quanqi (650 – 729), Tang dynasty poet
He Zhizhang (659 – 744), Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty and one of the Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup
Chen Zi'ang (661 – 702), Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty
Shangguan Wan'er (664 – 710), Chinese poet, writer, and politician
Zhang Jiuling (673 – 740), prominent minister, noted poet and scholar of the Tang dynasty
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (685 – 762), emperor and poet
Meng Haoran (689 or 691 – 740), Chinese poet especially of the landscape, history and legends of Xiangyang
Wang Changling (698 – 765), Tang dynasty poet

Japan

Period of introduction of Chinese literature into Japan

Poets

Abe no Nakamaro 阿倍仲麻呂 (c. 698 – c. 770) scholar, administrator, and waka poet in the Nara period (surname: Abe)
Empress Jitō 持統天皇 (645–703; 702 in the lunisolar calendar used in Japan until 1873), 41st imperial ruler, fourth empress and a poet
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro 柿本人麻呂 (c. 662–710), late Asuka period poet, nobleman and government official; the most prominent poet in the Man'yōshū anthology
Princess Nukata 額田王 also known as Princess Nukada (c. 630–690), Asuka period poet
Ōtomo no Tabito 大伴旅人 (c. 662–731) poet best known as the father of Ōtomo no Yakamochi; both contributed to compiling the Man'yōshū anthology; member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan; served as governor-general of Dazaifu, the military procuracy in northern Kyūshū, from 728 to 730
Yamanoue no Okura 山上憶良 (660–733), best known for his poems of children and commoners; has poems in the Man'yōshū anthology

South Asia

Poets

Kappe Arabhatta in Kannada
Bhartrihari (approx.), writing in Sanskrit

Timeline

600 – Venantius Fortunatus died about this year (born c. 530), Latin poet and hymnodist from Northern Italy
608 – Antarah ibn Shaddad died (born 525), Arabic poet and warrior
615 – Saint Columbanus died (born 543), Hiberno-Latin poet and writer
625 – Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha died (born 570)
630:
- Durayd ibn al-Simmah died
- Princess Nukata 額田王 also known as Princess Nukada, born about this year (died 690), Asuka period poet
640 – al-Akhtal born about this year (died 710)
645 – Empress Jitō 持統天皇 born (died 703; 702 in the lunisolar calendar used in Japan until 1873), 41st imperial ruler, fourth empress and a poet
657 – Cædmon likely flourishes starting about this year (fl. until c. 680) in Northumbria
660:
- Kuthayyir born about this year (died c. 723)
- Yamanoue no Okura 山上憶良 born (died 733), best known for his poems of children and commoners; has poems in the Man'yōshū anthology; Japanese
661:
- Labīd died about this year (born c. 560); Arabic poet
- Laidcenn mac Buith Bannaig, died; Irish
662:
- Kakinomoto no Hitomaro 柿本人麻呂 born about this year (died 710), late Asuka period poet, nobleman and government official; the most prominent poet in the Man'yōshū anthology
- Ōtomo no Tabito 大伴旅人 born about this year (died 732) poet best known as the father of Ōtomo no Yakamochi; both contributed to compiling the Man'yōshū anthology; member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan; served as governor-general of Dazaifu, the military procuracy in northern Kyūshū, from 728 to 730
674 – Hassan ibn Thabit died about this year
679 – Kumait Ibn Zaid born (died 743)
680 – Cædmon, last known to be living about this year (fl. starting 657) in Northumbria
688 – Qays ibn al-Mullawah died
698 – Abe no Nakamaro 阿倍仲麻呂 born about this year (died c. 770) scholar, administrator, and waka poet in the Nara period (surname: Abe)

Decades and years

590s	590	591	592	593	594	595	596	597	598	599
600s	600	601	602	603	604	605	606	607	608	609
610s	610	611	612	613	614	615	616	617	618	619
620s	620	621	622	623	624	625	626	627	628	629
630s	630	631	632	633	634	635	636	637	638	639
640s	640	641	642	643	644	645	646	647	648	649
650s	650	651	652	653	654	655	656	657	658	659
660s	660	661	662	663	664	665	666	667	668	669
670s	670	671	672	673	674	675	676	677	678	679
680s	680	681	682	683	684	685	686	687	688	689
690s	690	691	692	693	694	695	696	697	698	699
700s	700	701	702	703	704	705	706	707	708	709

References

	This page is part of the List of years in poetry
Centuries in poetry:	6th century - 7th century - 8th century
Decades in poetry:	600s 610s 620s 630s 640s 650s 660s 670s 680s 690s
Centuries:	6th century - 7th century - 8th century

7th century in poetry

Europe

Poets

Works

Byzantine Empire

Poets

Arabic world

Poets

Births of Arab-language poets

Deaths of Arab-language poets

Works

China

Poets

Japan

Poets

South Asia

Poets

Timeline

Decades and years

References

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