820s in poetry
# 820s in poetry

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

## Events

825:

* Approximate date of completion of the Heliand

## Births

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:

820:

* al-Buhturi (died 897), Arabian poet

825:

* Ariwara no Narihira (died 880), one of the Six best Waka poets
* Ono no Komachi (died 900), an early woman poet and also one of the Six best Waka poets

## Deaths

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

821:

* December 18 - Theodulf of Orléans (born between 750 and 760), in Angers

824:

* Han Yu (born 768), Chinese essayist and poet

826:

* Theodore the Studite (born 759), Byzantine monk and abbot

828:

* Abu al-Alahijah (born unknown), Islamic poet famous for writing homilies
* Abu-l-'Atahiya (born 748), Arab poet
* Al-Asma'i (born 740), Arab scholar and poet
