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Poet Biographies
Every archived life recorded as poet, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Medieval era
Hartmann von Aue
1160 – 1210
Leading poet of the Middle High German period
Medieval era
Gottfried von Strassburg
1180 – 1215
Medieval German poet
Medieval era
Oswald von Wolkenstein
1377 – August 2, 1445
German poet, composer, and diplomat
Medieval era
Jaufre Rudel
1000 – 1148
Prince of Blaye and troubadour
Medieval era
Comtessa de Dia
1140 – 1212
Female troubadour (fl. c. 1175 or c. 1212)
Medieval era
Sordello
1200 – 1269
Italian troubadour, poet and composer
Medieval era
Jacopone da Todi
1236 – December 25, 1306
Italian Franciscan mystic
Medieval era
Luigi Pulci
August 15, 1432 – November 11, 1484
Italian poet (1432-1484)
Medieval era
Matteo Maria Boiardo
1441 – December 19, 1494
Italian writer
Medieval era
Angelo Poliziano
July 14, 1454 – September 29, 1494
Italian classical scholar and poet (1454-1494)
Medieval era
Gilles Binchois
1400 – September 20, 1460
Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer (c. 1400–1460)
Medieval era
Notker the Stammerer
840 CE – April 6, 912 CE
Benedictine monk and musician
Medieval era
Adam de la Halle
1237 – 1288
French poet, composer and trouvère
Medieval era
Juan Ruiz
1283 – 1350
14th century Castilian poet
Medieval era
Gonzalo de Berceo
1196 – 1260
13th-century Castilian poet
Medieval era
William IX, Duke of Aquitaine
October 22, 1071 – February 10, 1126
Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou
Medieval era
Bernart de Ventadorn
c. 1140 – c. 1190
12th-century troubador
Medieval era
Bertran de Born
1140 – 1215
Occitan troubadour
Medieval era
Guillaume de Lorris
1200 – 1238
French scholar and poet from Lorris (1200–1238)
Medieval era
Jean de Meun
1240 – 1305
French author (1240–1305)
Medieval era
Ulrich von Liechtenstein
c. 1200 – January 26, 1275
Austrian poet and nobleman
Medieval era
Rene of Anjou
January 16, 1409 – July 10, 1480
King of Naples (1409-1480)
Medieval era
Radegund
518 CE – August 13, 587 CE
Frankish queen consort
Medieval era
Marguerite Porete
1250 – June 1, 1310
French mystic
Medieval era
Hadewijch
1200 – c. 1260
13th-century Dutch poet and mystic
Medieval era
Henry Suso
March 21, 1295 – January 25, 1366
German Dominican friar and mystic
Ancient era
Enheduanna
c. 2300 BCE – c. 2300 BCE
Akkadian princess; Sumerian high priestess of Nanna at Ur; poet and philosopher
Medieval era
Antarah ibn Shaddad
525 CE – 608 CE
Arabian warrior and poet
Medieval era
Al-Khansa
575 CE – 645 CE
Arab poet
Hatim al-Tai
d. 578 CE
6th-century Arab chieftain and poet
Ancient era
Callimachus
320 BCE – 243 BCE
3rd-century BC Greek poet, scholar and librarian
Ancient era
Ephrem the Syrian
306 CE – June 9, 373 CE
Syriac saint, theologian and writer (c. 306 – 373)
Ancient era
Bardaisan
July 11, 154 CE – 222 CE
Syrian gnostic, scientist, philosopher and poet (154-222)
Modern era
Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah
December 25, 1921 – September 10, 2000
Pakistani writer
Modern era
Madan Mohan Malaviya
December 25, 1861 – November 12, 1946
Indian educator and politician
Early Modern era
Sangolli Rayanna
August 15, 1796 – January 26, 1831
Indian freedom fighter
Modern era
Ishar Singh
1892 – 1966
Punjabi poet
Modern era
Behramji Malabari
May 18, 1853 – July 12, 1912
Indian poet and social reformer (1853–1912)
Modern era
Gurajada Apparao
September 21, 1862 – November 30, 1915
Telugu writer and Poet (1862-1915)
Modern era
Gopabandhu Das
October 9, 1877 – June 17, 1928
Indian writer (1877-1928)
Modern era
Deputy Nazir Ahmad
1831 – 1912
Indian writer
Modern era
Mirza Hadi Ruswa
1857 – October 21, 1931
Indian Urdu poet and writer of fiction, plays, and treatises
Modern era
Ratan Nath Sarshar
1846 – January 21, 1903
Indian writer and magazine editor (1846–1903)
Modern era
Mir Anis
1800 – 1874
Urdu Poet
Modern era
Akhtar Sheerani
May 4, 1905 – September 9, 1948
Pakistani poet (1905–1948)
Modern era
Saghar Siddiqui
1928 – July 19, 1974
Poet
Modern era
Mustafa Zaidi
October 16, 1930 – October 12, 1970
Urdu poet from Pakistan
Modern era
Shakeb Jalali
October 1, 1934 – November 12, 1966
Pakistani poet
Contemporary era
Sara Shagufta
October 31, 1954 – June 4, 1984
Urdu poet from Pakistan
Modern era
Syed Zamir Jafri
January 1, 1916 – May 16, 1999
Blogger (1916–1999)
Modern era
Dilawar Figar
July 8, 1929 – January 25, 1998
Pakistani writer (1929-1998)
Modern era
Shaukat Thanvi
1904 – 1963
Pakistani writer
Modern era
Ustad Bukhari
January 16, 1930 – October 9, 1996
Pakistani poet (1930-1992)
Modern era
Nanak Singh
July 4, 1897 – December 28, 1971
Indian writer (1897–1971)
Modern era
Bhai Vir Singh
December 5, 1872 – June 10, 1957
Indian poet, scholar and theologian (1872–1957)
Modern era
Dhani Ram Chatrik
October 4, 1876 – December 18, 1954
Punjabi poet and typographer (1876–1954)
Modern era
Bhartendu Harishchandra
September 9, 1850 – January 6, 1885
Indian Hindi writer, poet and dramatist (1850–1885); father of modern Hindi literature
Modern era
Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi
May 15, 1864 – December 21, 1938
Indian writer (1864-1938)
Modern era
Jaishankar Prasad
January 30, 1889 – January 14, 1937
Indian poet, dramatist, and novelist of modern Hindi literature (1889–1937)
Modern era
Suryakant Tripathi Nirala
February 21, 1896 – October 15, 1961
Indian Hindi poet and novelist (1896–1961); pioneer of free verse in Hindi; Chhayavaad pillar