1160s 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:

1160:
 * Gace Brulé (died 1213) (approx.), French trouvère
 * Alamanda de Castelnau (died 1223), trobairitz
 * Hélinand of Froidmont (died 1237), medieval poet, chronicler, and ecclesiastical writer in Latin

1162:
 * Fujiwara no Teika 藤原定家, also known as "Fujiwara no Sadaie" or "Sada-ie" (died 1241), a widely venerated, Japanese waka poet and (for centuries) extremely influential critic; also a scribe, scholar and extremely influential anthologist of the late Heian period and early Kamakura period; the Tale of Matsura is generally attributed to him; son of Fujiwara no Shunzei

1165:
 * Jean Bodel (died 1210), Old French poet
 * Blacatz (died 1237), Occitan troubadour
 * Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1197), King of Germany, patron of poets, poet

1166:
 * Judah Messer Leon (died 1224), French Jewish poet and Rabbi, writing in Hebrew and Aramaic

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

1160:
 * Hassan Ghaznavi (born unknown), Persian poet
 * Akka Mahadevi (born 1130), female Indian Kannada language Vachana sahitya didactic poet
 * Ibn Quzman (born 1078), Spanish writer of classical poetry, especially zéjeles, in al-Andalus

1164:
 * Abraham ibn Ezra (born 1089), Hebrew scholar and poet in al-Andalus

1166:
 * Khoja Akhmet Yassawi (born 1093), Turkish mystic and poet

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