Overview of the events of 855 in poetry
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Events
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Works published
850:
- Kavirajamarga, the first poetry book in the Kannada language, by King Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I
853:
- Vardhaman Charitra (Life of Vardhaman) by Asaga, the first Sanskrit biography of Jain Tirthankara, Mahavir.
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " 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:
850:
- Ki no Tomonori (died 904), Japanese waka poet
857:
- Ch'oe Ch'i-wŏn, (died unknown), in Silla (Korea)
858:
- Mansur Al-Hallaj (died 922), Persian poet, mystic, revolutionary writer and pious teacher of Sufism, most famous for his apparent, but disputed, self-proclaimed divinity
859:
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
850:
- Shih-Te (born unknown), Chinese monk and poet
852:
- Du Mu (born 803), Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty
853:
- Ono no Takamura (born 802), Heian period scholar and poet
858:
- Li Shangyin (born 813), Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty
See also
Other events:
9th century: