17th century in poetry
Works published
- Thomas Kingo, Aandelige Siunge-Koor ("Spiritual Choirs"), hymns, some of which are still sung
Other
Births and deaths
Italian, Latin-language poets
- Kada no Azumamaro è·ç°æÂ¥æº (1669–1736), early Edo period poet, philologist and teacher as well as poetry tutor to one of the sons of Emperor Reigen; together with KeichÃ
«, co-founder of the kokugaku ("national studies") intellectual movement
- Kamo no Mabuchi è³ÂèÂÂçÂÂæ·µ (1697–1769), Edo period poet and philologist
- Matsuo BashÃ
 æÂ¾å°¾ èÂÂè (1644–1694), the most famous Edo period poet, recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; now more recognized as a master of haiku
- Naito Joso (1662–1704), Genroku period haiku poet, a principal disciple of BashÃ
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- Nishiyama SÃ
Âin 西山å®Âå , born Nishiyama Toyoichi 西山è±Â丠(1605–1682), early Tokugawa period haikai-no-renga (comical renga) poet who founded the Danrin ("talkative forest") school of haikai poetry
- Nozawa BonchÃ
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 (c. 1640 – 1714), haikai poet
- Sonome æÂ¯æ³¢ Ã¥ÂÂ女 (1664–1726), woman poet, friend and noted correspondent of Matsuo BashÃ
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- Takarai Kikaku å®ÂäºÂÃ¥Â
¶è§Â, also known as "Enomoto Kikaku" (1661–1707), haiku poet and disciple of Matsuo BashÃ
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Persian-language poets
South Asia
- Akho (1591–1659), poet, Vedantist and radical
- Rupa Bhavani (1621–1721), Indian, Kashmiri-language poet
- Arnos Paathiri, also known as "Johann Ernst Hanxleden" (1681–1732), a German Jesuit priest, missionary in India and a Malayalam/Sanskrit poet, grammarian, lexicographer, and philologist
- Premanand (poet) (1640–1700) nonreligious Indian poet who wrote originally in Hindi, but when reprimanded by his guru, switched to Gujarati, which he vowed to develop into a language of fine literary expression
- Wali Muhammad Wali, Wali Deccani (1667–1707), Urdu-language poet
- Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan (1699–1781), Urdu-language poet
See also
Decades and years
Notes