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Su Shi
Literature & Poetry
2
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Su Shi

่˜‡่ปพ (Su Dongpo)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Song Dynasty
1037 โ€“ 1101 (64 years old)

Northern Song dynasty polymath (1037โ€“1101), known as Su Dongpo, who excelled as a poet, calligrapher, painter, and statesman, revolutionizing Ci lyric poetry and leaving an immortal cultural legacy.

Jia County (Henan), China
Su Shi (Su Dongpo)
Literature & Poetry
7
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 955

Su Shi (Su Dongpo)

่˜‡่ปพ (่˜‡ๆฑๅก)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China
8 January 1037 โ€“ 24 August 1101 (64 years old)

Supreme cultural polymath of the Northern Song dynasty whose buoyant Buddhist-Taoist resilience, peerless ci poetry, and prose masterworksโ€”like the Red Cliff Odesโ€”rank him as one of China's greatest literary titans.

Changzhou (Jiangsu), China
Abu Muhammad Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Hazm al-Andalusi
Literature & Poetry
14
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 920

Abu Muhammad Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Hazm al-Andalusi

ุงุจู† ุญุฒู… ุงู„ุฃู†ุฏู„ุณูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain
7 November 994 โ€“ 15 August 1064 (69 years old)

Brilliant Andalusian polymath and literalist (Zahiri) thinker of Islamic Spain whose psychological masterpiece on romantic courtly love, Tawq al-Hamamah (The Ring of the Dove), influenced European troubadour poetry.

Montรญjar (Huelva), Spain
Abu al-Tayyib Ahmad ibn al-Husayn al-Kindi (Al-Mutanabbi)
Literature & Poetry
9
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 998

Abu al-Tayyib Ahmad ibn al-Husayn al-Kindi (Al-Mutanabbi)

ุฃุจูˆ ุงู„ุทูŠุจ ุงู„ู…ุชู†ุจูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq
915 CE โ€“ 23 September 965 (~50 years old)

Universally venerated as the greatest poet in the history of the Arabic language, whose soaring verses of pride, valor, and existential philosophical grandeur at the court of Sayf al-Dawla remain proverbial across the Arab world.

Near Baghdad (Deyr al-Aqul), Iraq
Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr al-Kinani al-Basri (Al-Jahiz)
Literature & Poetry
10
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 925

Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr al-Kinani al-Basri (Al-Jahiz)

ุงู„ุฌุงุญุธ (ุนู…ุฑูˆ ุจู† ุจุญุฑ ุงู„ูƒู†ุงู†ูŠ ุงู„ุจุตุฑูŠ)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq
c. 776 CE โ€“ December 868 / January 869 CE (~92 years old)

Supreme prose stylist of the Arabic Golden Age and pioneering zoologist whose encyclopedic masterworksโ€”Kitab al-Hayawan (Book of Living Creatures) and Kitab al-Bukhala (Book of Misers)โ€”laid the foundations of modern Arabic literary art (Adab).

Basra, Iraq
Bai Juyi
Literature & Poetry
2
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Bai Juyi

็™ฝๅฑ…ๆ˜“ (Bai Letian / Xiangshan Jushi)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Tang Dynasty
0772 โ€“ 0846 (74 years old)

Celebrated Tang dynasty poet and statesman (772โ€“846), famous for his accessible plain-style verse, social criticism, and narrative masterpieces 'Song of Everlasting Regret' and 'The Pipa Song'.

Luoyang (Henan), China
Bai Juyi (Bo Juyi)
Literature & Poetry
23
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 935

Bai Juyi (Bo Juyi)

็™ฝๅฑ…ๆ˜“
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China
28 February 772 โ€“ 8 September 846 (74 years old)

One of the greatest poets of China's Tang dynasty whose accessible, socially conscious versesโ€”including The Song of Everlasting Sorrow and The Pipa Playerโ€”were so plainspoken that even elderly village peasants could understand them.

Luoyang (Henan), China
Du Fu
Literature & Poetry
2
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Du Fu

ๆœ็”ซ (Du Shaoling / Shisheng)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Tang Dynasty
0712 โ€“ 0770 (58 years old)

Tang dynasty literary titan (712โ€“770), honored as the 'Poet-Historian' and 'Poet-Sage' (Shisheng), whose profound verse chronicled the devastating An Lushan Rebellion and gave voice to ordinary human suffering.

Chengdu (Sichuan), China
Li Bai
Literature & Poetry
6
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Li Bai

ๆŽ็™ฝ (Li Po / Shixian)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Tang Dynasty
0701 โ€“ 0762 (61 years old)

Tang dynasty genius poet (701โ€“762), revered as the 'Poet Immortal' (Shixian), whose romantic lyricism, effortless grace, and boundless imagination produced over a thousand immortal poems celebrated across the world.

Dangtu County (Anhui), China
Bhavabhuti
Literature & Poetry
2
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Bhavabhuti

เคญเคตเคญเฅ‚เคคเคฟ (Bhavabhลซti)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
Unknown โ€“ Unknown

Eighth-century Indian Sanskrit dramatist and poet, regarded as the peer of Kalidasa, celebrated for his profound mastery of pathos (karuna rasa) in his tragic masterpiece 'Uttararamacarita'.

Padmapura (Gondia, Maharashtra), India
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