1150s in poetry

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

Events
1151:
 * Shika Wakashū, a Japanese imperial poetry anthology, begun
 * jongleur Palla at the Burgos court of Alfonso VII of León

Works published
1150:
 * Geoffrey of Monmouth's Vita Merlini, an adoption of the Welsh tales of Merlin (approx.)

1154:
 * Shika Wakashū, a Japanese imperial poetry anthology, completed

1155:
 * Roman de Brut by Wace (approx.)
 * Ensenhamen de la donzela by Garin lo Brun (poss.)

1157:
 * The Kakawin Bhāratayuddha, a Javanese retelling of stories from the Mahabharata

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:

1150:
 * Folquet de Marselha (died 1231), Occitan troubadour
 * Dalfi d'Alvernha (died 1234/1235), Count, troubadour and patron of troubadours
 * Conon de Béthune (died 1219), crusader and trouvère

1153:
 * Kamo no Chōmei (died 1216), Japanese author, poet (waka), and essayist

1154:
 * Benoît de Sainte-Maure (died 1173), Anglo-Norman poet

1155:
 * Jiang Kui (died 1221), Chinese poet, composer and calligrapher of the Song Dynasty
 * Jien (died 1225), Japanese poet, historian, and Buddhist monk
 * William I of Baux (died 1218), French nobleman and troubadour

1157:
 * Alfonso II of Aragon (died 1196), an Occitan troubadour
 * Richard I of England (died 1199), Poitevin and Occitan poet

1158:
 * Fujiwara no Ietaka (died 1237), Japanese Kamakura period waka poet

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

1151:
 * Li Qingzhao (born 1084), Chinese writer and poet of the Song Dynasty

1155:
 * Geoffrey of Monmouth (born 1100), British clergyman whose Latin writings included early versions of the Merlin (King Arthur) epic

1156:
 * Garin lo Brun (born unknown), early Auvergnat troubadour

1157:
 * Falaki Shirvani (born 1107), Persian