640 In Poetry

Europe

Poets

* Cædmon likely flourishes from approximately 657 to 680 in Northumbria
* Laidcenn mac Buith Bannaig, Irish (d. 661)

Works

* '' Cædmon's Hymn'', Old English
* '' Dream of the Rood'', Old English, possible date
* ''Hisperica Famina'', Hiberno-Latin

Byzantine Empire

Poets

* George Pisida, in Greek

Arabic world

Poets

* Abu 'Afak, from Hijaz, a Jewish poet writing in Arabic
* Layla al-Akhyaliyya, early Banu Uqayl tribe female poet
* Al-Rabi ibn Abu al-Huqayq fl. in Arabia just before the Hejira
* Eleazar Kalir, from Kirjath-sepher, writing in Hebrew
* Al-Khansa, in Arabia, early Islamic woman poet
* Jabal ibn Jawwal, a Jewish convert to Islam, in Arabic

Births of Arab-language poets

* al-Akhtal (''c.'' 640–710)
*Kumait Ibn Zaid (679–743)
*Kuthayyir (ca. 660-ca. 723)

Deaths of Arab-language poets

* Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha (570–625)
* Antarah ibn Shaddad (525–608)
*Durayd ibn al-Simmah (d. 630)
* Hassan ibn Thabit (d. ''c.'' 674)
*Labīd (560–661)
* Qays ibn al-Mullawah (d. 688)
* al-Tirimmah (died c. 723)

Works

* Recitation of the Qur'an (approx. 609–632) and compilation of the final version under Uthman (650s?)

China

Poets

* Luo Binwang (640 – 684), Chinese writer and poet, recognized as of the Four Greats of the Early Tang
* Wang Bo (649 – 676), Tang dynasty poet
* Shen Quanqi (650 – 729), Tang dynasty poet
* He Zhizhang (659 – 744), Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty and one of the Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup
* Chen Zi'ang (661 – 702), Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty
* Shangguan Wan'er ( 664 – 710), Chinese poet, writer, and politician
* Zhang Jiuling (673 – 740), prominent minister, noted poet and scholar of the Tang dynasty
* Emperor Xuanzong of Tang ( 685 – 762), emperor and poet
* Meng Haoran ( 689 or 691 – 740), Chinese poet especially of the landscape, history and legends of Xiangyang
* Wang Changling (698 – 765), Tang dynasty poet

Japan

* Period of introduction of Chinese literature into Japan

Poets

* Abe no Nakamaro 阿倍仲麻呂 (c. 698 – c. 770) scholar, administrator, and '' waka'' poet in the Nara period (surname: Abe)
* Empress Jitō 持統天皇 (645–703; 702 in the lunisolar calendar used in Japan until 1873), 41st imperial ruler, fourth empress and a poet
* Kakinomoto no Hitomaro 柿本 人麻呂 (c. 662– 710), late Asuka period poet, nobleman and government official; the most prominent poet in the ''Man'yōshū'' anthology
*Princess Nukata 額田王 also known as Princess Nukada (c. 630– 690), Asuka period poet
*Ōtomo no Tabito 大伴旅人 (c. 662– 731) poet best known as the father of Ōtomo no Yakamochi; both contributed to compiling the ''Man'yōshū'' anthology; member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan; served as governor-general of Dazaifu, the military procuracy in northern Kyūshū, from 728 to 730
* Yamanoue no Okura 山上 憶良 ( 660–733), best known for his poems of children and commoners; has poems in the ''Man'yōshū'' anthology

South Asia

Poets

* Kappe Arabhatta in Kannada
* Bhartrihari (approx.), writing in Sanskrit

Timeline

* 600 – Venantius Fortunatus died about this year (born c. 530), Latin poet and hymnodist from Northern Italy
* 608 – Antarah ibn Shaddad died (born 525), Arabic poet and warrior
* 615 – Saint Columbanus died (born 543), Hiberno-Latin poet and writer
* 625 – Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha died (born 570)
* 630:
** Durayd ibn al-Simmah died
** Princess Nukata 額田王 also known as Princess Nukada, born about this year (died 690), Asuka period poet
* 640 – al-Akhtal born about this year (died 710)
* 645 – Empress Jitō 持統天皇 born (died 703; 702 in the lunisolar calendar used in Japan until 1873), 41st imperial ruler, fourth empress and a poet
* 657 – Cædmon likely flourishes starting about this year (fl. until c. 680) in Northumbria
* 660:
** Kuthayyir born about this year (died c. 723)
** Yamanoue no Okura 山上 憶良 born (died 733), best known for his poems of children and commoners; has poems in the ''Man'yōshū'' anthology; Japanese
* 661:
** Labīd died about this year (born c. 560); Arabic poet
** Laidcenn mac Buith Bannaig, died; Irish
* 662:
** Kakinomoto no Hitomaro 柿本 人麻呂 born about this year (died 710), late Asuka period poet, nobleman and government official; the most prominent poet in the ''Man'yōshū'' anthology
** Ōtomo no Tabito 大伴旅人 born about this year (died 732) poet best known as the father of Ōtomo no Yakamochi; both contributed to compiling the ''Man'yōshū'' anthology; member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan; served as governor-general of Dazaifu, the military procuracy in northern Kyūshū, from 728 to 730
* 674 – Hassan ibn Thabit died about this year
* 679 – Kumait Ibn Zaid born (died 743)
* 680 – Cædmon, last known to be living about this year (fl. starting 657) in Northumbria
* 688 – Qays ibn al-Mullawah died
* 698 – Abe no Nakamaro 阿倍仲麻呂 born about this year (died c. 770) scholar, administrator, and '' waka'' poet in the Nara period (surname: Abe)

Decades and years

References

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