1294 in poetry

Events

 * Chiaro Davanzati serves as captain of Or San Michele
 * Guittone d'Arezzo founds the Neo-Sicilian School based on the Sicilian School under Frederick II (for more detail see sonnet)

Births

 * Zhu Derun (died 1365), Chinese painter and poet in Yuan Dynasty

Deaths

 * Busiri (born 1211), Egyptian poet
 * Guittone d'Arezzo (born 1235), founder of the Tuscan School
 * Brunetto Latini (born 1220), Florentine philosopher, poet, scholar and statesman