1110s in poetry

Events

• 1111: After Norman conquest of England, begins the rapid descent of the Anglo-Saxon language as a written literary language

Works published

• Tombstone inscription of Vekenega (d. 1111), head of the Benedictine convent of St. Mary in Zadar, is written on four tablets with 20 verses (hexameters and elegiac couplets), in which an unknown poet credits Vekenega's work for the convent

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:

1110:

• John Tzetzes (died 1180), Byzantine

1114:

• Fujiwara no Shunzei (died 1204), Japanese poet and nobleman

1115:

• Wace (died 1183), Anglo-Norman author of Roman de Brut and Roman de Rou

1118:

• Saigyō Hōshi (died 1190), Japan

Deaths

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

Notes

References

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