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

1136:

• Jongleur Palla at the Toledo court of Alfonso VII of León

1130:

• Earliest likely date for works of Gwalchmai ap Meilyr

1133:

• Man Jiang Hong written by Yue Fei

1137:

• Li coronemenz Looïs possibly written

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:

1130:

• Guilhem de Berguedan (died 1196), troubadour
• Owain Cyfeiliog (died 1197), one of the Welsh Poets of the Princes
• Akka Mahadevi (died 1160), writer of Vachana sahitya didactic poetry
• Tibors de Sarenom (died 1198), trobairitz
• Eugenius of Palermo (died 1202), amiratus (admiral), translator, and poet
• Zhu Xi (died 1200), Confucian scholar, writer, and poet

1134:

• Basava (died 1196), writing in Kannada

1135:

• Zhu Shuzhen (died 1180), Chinese poet of the Song dynasty

1138:

• Giraut de Bornelh (died 1215), French troubadour whose his skill earned him the nickname of "Master of the Troubadours"

1139:

• Jakuren (died 1202), Japanese Buddhist priest and poet

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

1130:

• Baldric of Dol (born 1050), abbot who wrote epitaphs, riddles, epistolary, and long form poems

1131:

• December 4: Omar Khayyám (born 1048), Persian polymath, mathematician, philosopher, astronomer and poet
• Sanai (born 1080), Persian (approx.)

1137:

• Meilyr Brydydd, one of the Welsh Poets of the Princes

1138:

• Ibn Khafajah, died this year or 1139 (born 1058) Arabic-language poet in Al-Andalus (Spain)

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