6th century in poetry

Arabic world

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

Poets

• 'Abid ibn al-Abris, (d. 554)
• Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya (d. c. 560)
• 'Alqama ibn 'Abada
• Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha (570â€"625)
• al-Nabighah al-Dhubyani
• 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, son of Zuhayr
• LabÄ«d (560â€"661)
• Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya (d. c. 560), a Jewish poet writing in Arabic
• Tarafah ibn al 'Abd
• Zuhayr (520â€"609), Arabic pre-Islamic poet, father of Ka'b bin Zuhayr

Works

Europe

Poets

Listed in order by year of birth, if known or estimated:

• Aneirin, a Brythonic Bard, flourishes in Cumbria toward the end of the century
• Arator, of Liguria, writing in Latin
• Sigisteus, Vandal count, patron of Parthenius (poet) and a poet himself
• Parthenius (poet) patronized by the Vandal Count Sigisteus
• Jacob of Serugh (451 â€" Nov. 521), writing in Syriac
• Blossius Aemilius Dracontius (c. 455 â€" c. 505) of Carthage, a Latin poet
• Magnus Felix Ennodius (474 â€" July 17, 521), Bishop of Pavia and poet, writing in Latin
• Coluthus of Lycopolis (fl. 491-518), writing in Greek
• Venantius Fortunatus (c. 530 â€" c. 600), Latin poet and hymnodist from Northern Italy
• Taliesin (c. 534 â€" c. 599), the earliest identified Welsh poet
• Chilperic I (c. 539 â€" September 584) Frankish king of Neustria and a Latin poet
• Saint Columbanus (c. 543â€"615), Hiberno-Latin poet and writer

Works

• Taliesin (c. 534 â€" c. 599), whose work has survived in a Middle Welsh manuscript, the Book of Taliesin.
• 544 â€" Arator declaims his poem De Actibus Apostolorum in the Church of San Pietro-in-Vinculi

Byzantine Empire

Poets

• Musaeus
• Agathias (c. 536â€"582/594)
• Paulus Silentiarius (died 575â€"580),
• Romanos the Melodist (approx.)
• Procopius (c. 500â€"565)

South Asia

Poets

• Dandi, writing in Sanskrit (approx.)

East Asia

Poets

• Su Xiaoxiao (died 501), famous Chinese courtesan and poet

Timeline

• 500 â€" Procopius born about this year (died 565)
• 501 Su Xiaoxiao died, famous Chinese courtesan and poet
• 505 â€" Blossius Aemilius Dracontius born about this year (born 455) of Carthage, a Latin poet
• 520 â€" Zuhayr born (died 609), Arabic pre-Islamic poet
• 521
  • July 17 â€" Magnus Felix Ennodius died (born 474 â€" July 17, 521), Bishop of Pavia and poet, writing in Latin
  • November â€" Jacob of Serugh died (born 451), writing in Syriac
• 530 â€" Venantius Fortunatus born (c. 530 â€" c. 600), Latin poet and hymnodist from Northern Italy
• 534 â€" Taliesin born about this year (died c. 599), the earliest identified Welsh poet
• 536 â€" Agathias born about this year (died 582/594); Ancient Greek poet and historian
• 539 â€" Chilperic I born (died September 584) Frankish king of Neustria and a Latin poet
• 543 â€" Saint Columbanus (died 615), Hiberno-Latin poet and writer
• 544 â€" Arator declaims his poem De Actibus Apostolorum in the Church of San Pietro-in-Vinculi
• 554 â€" 'Abid ibn al-Abris died about this year; Arabic poet
• 560:
  • Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya died about this year; Jewish poet writing in Arabic
  • LabÄ«d born this year (died 661); Arabic poet
• 565 â€" Procopius died (born about 500)
• 570 â€" Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha born (died 625)
• 580 â€" Antara Ibn Shaddad died about this year; Arabic poet
• 584
  • (September) â€" Chilperic I died (born 539) Frankish king of Neustria and a Latin poet
  • Amr ibn Kulthum died about this year; Arabic poet
• 599 â€" Taliesin died about this year (born c. 534), the earliest identified Welsh poet

Decades and years

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