6th century in poetry

6th century in poetry

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Arabic world

Pre-Islamic poetry at its height as the Arabic language emerges as a literary language.

Poets

* 'Alqama ibn 'Abada
* Amr ibn Kulthum ( - c. 584?)
* Antara Ibn Shaddad (d. c. 580)
* Asma bint Marwan
* Harith Ibn Hilliza Ul-Yashkuri (approx.)
* Imru' al-Qais flourished mid-century; purported inventor of the Qasida form
* Ka'b bin Zuhayr flourished during the time of Mohammed
* Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya (d. c. 560), a Jewish poet writing in Arabic
* Tarafa

Works

Europe

Poets

* Aneirin, a Brythonic Bard, flourishes in Cumbria toward the end of the century
* Taliesin (c. 534–c.599), the earliest identified Welsh poet
* Arator, of Liguria, writing in Latin
* Venantius Fortunatus (ca. 530-ca. 600), Latin poet and hymnodist from Northern Italy
* Saint Columbanus (c. 543-615), Hiberno-Latin poet and writer

Works

Byzantine Empire

Poets

* Musaeus
* Agathias (c. 536-582/594)
* Paulus Silentiarius
* Romanos (approx.)
* Procopius (c. 500 - 565)

outh Asia

Poets

* Dandi, writing in Sanskrit (approx.)

Decades and years


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