850s in poetry

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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.

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

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

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