1200 in poetry

Events

• Sólarljóð (The Song of the Sun) an Old Norse poem, written in Iceland

Births

• Jehan Erart born 1200 or 1210 (died 1259), trouvère
• Ulrich von Liechtenstein (died 1278), German medieval nobleman, knight, politician, and Minnesänger
• possible
• Jayadeva (died unknown), Sanskrit poet known for the epic Gita Govinda

Deaths

• Chand Bardai (born 1149), Hindu Brahmin and the court poet of the Indian king Prithviraj Chauhan
• Zhu Xi (born 1130), Confucian scholar, philosopher and writer

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