1294 in poetry
# 1294 in poetry

## Events

* Chiaro Davanzati serves as captain of Or San Michele
* Guittone d'Arezzo founds the Neo-Sicilian School based on the Sicilian School under Frederick II (for more detail see sonnet)

## Births

* Zhu Derun (died 1365), Chinese painter and poet in Yuan Dynasty

## Deaths

* Busiri (born 1211), Egyptian poet
* Guittone d'Arezzo (born 1235), founder of the Tuscan School
* Brunetto Latini (born 1220), Florentine philosopher, poet, scholar and statesman
