1300s in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

• 1308 (approx.): Dante Alighieri begins to write the Divine Comedy.

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:

1300:

• Chūgan Engetsu (died 1375), Japanese poet, occupies a prominent place in Japanese Literature of the Five Mountains

1304:

• Petrarch (died 1374), Italian scholar, poet and one of the earliest Renaissance humanists

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

1300:

• Guido Cavalcanti (born 1255), Italian poet
• Folquet de Lunel (born 1244), troubadour from Lunel (in the modern Hérault)

1301:

• Asukai Gayu (born 1241), Japanese waka poet
• Zahed Gilani (born 1216), a Persian Sufi

1302:

• Guan Hanqing (born 1225), Chinese playwright and poet in the Yuan Dynasty
• Roger-Bernard III of Foix (born 1243), the Count of Foix, poet and troubadour

1304:

• Jehan de Lescurel (born unknown), French medieval poet and composer

1308:

• Trần Nhân Tông (born 1258), Vietnamese third emperor of the Trần Dynasty who was also a prolific writer and poet

See also

• Poetry
• 14th century in poetry
• 14th century in literature
• List of years in poetry
• Grands Rhétoriqueurs
• French Renaissance literature
• Renaissance literature
• Spanish Renaissance literature

Other events:

• Other events of the 14th century
• Other events of the 15th century

15th century:

• 15th century in poetry
• 15th century in literature

Notes