This article covers 940s in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Works published 941: Adipurana by Adikavi Pampa
945: Publication of Ten Styles of Tadamine by Mibu no Tadamine (approx)
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:
940: Ferdowsi (died 1020), Persian poet, author of Shahnameh
949: Fujiwara no Nagayoshi (died unknown), Japanese poet and a court bureaucrat of the Heian period Ranna (died unknown), writing in Kannada language (approx.)
Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
941: Rudaki (born 858), Persian poet in the Perso-Arabic alphabet or "New Persian" script
943: Fujiwara no Atsutada, 藤原敦忠, also 権中納言敦忠; also known as 本院中納言 ("Hon'in Chunagon") and 琵琶中納言 ("Biwa Chunagon"), (born 906), middle Heian period waka poet and nobleman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals; one of his poems is included in the Hyakunin Isshu anthology
945: Ki no Tsurayuki (born 872), Japanese author, poet and courtier of the Heian period
948: Minamoto no Kintada (born 889), one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Japan
See also
Poetry 10th century in poetry 10th century in literature List of years in poetry
Other events: Other events of the 12th century Other events of the 13th century
10th century: 10th century in poetry 10th century in literature
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