1100s in poetry

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

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:

1100:
 * Rabbeinu Tam (died 1171), Hebrew rabbi and liturgical poet, in France
 * Geoffrey of Monmouth (died 1155), Welsh cleric whose Latin writings include early versions of the Merlin (King Arthur) epic

1103:
 * Yue Fei (died 1142), Chinese Song dynasty poet

1105:
 * Basava (died 1167), Indian Kannada language Vachana sahitya poet

1106:
 * Khwaja Ahmad Yasavi (died 1166), Turkish poet
 * Minamoto no Yorimasa (died 1180), Japanese poet

1107:
 * June 12 - Emperor Gaozong of Song (died 1187) Chinese poet
 * Falaki Shirvani (died 1157), Persian poet

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

1101:
 * Su Shi (born 1037), Song Dynasty writer, poet, artist, calligrapher, pharmacologist, and statesman