1209 in poetry

Events

 * Guillem Augier Novella penned A People Grieving for the Death of their Lord, a planh on the death of Raymond Roger Trencavel.
 * Gui d'Ussel, in obedience to a papal injunction from Pierre de Castelnau, ceased composing and writing.

Births

 * Shang Ting (died 1288), writer of Chinese Sanqu poetry

Deaths

 * Nizami Ganjavi (born 1141), Persian romantic epic poet
 * Ruzbihan Baqli (born 1128), Persian poet, mystic, and Sufi