820s in poetry

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

Events
825:
 * Approximate date of completion of the Heliand

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:

820:
 * al-Buhturi (died 897), Arabian poet

825:
 * Ariwara no Narihira (died 880), one of the Six best Waka poets
 * Ono no Komachi (died 900), an early woman poet and also one of the Six best Waka poets

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

821:
 * December 18 - Theodulf of Orléans (born between 750 and 760), in Angers

824:
 * Han Yu (born 768), Chinese essayist and poet

826:
 * Theodore the Studite (born 759), Byzantine monk and abbot

828:
 * Abu al-Alahijah (born unknown), Islamic poet famous for writing homilies
 * Abu-l-'Atahiya (born 748), Arab poet
 * Al-Asma'i (born 740), Arab scholar and poet