850s in poetry

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

Works published
850:
 * Kavirajamarga, the first poetry book in the Kannada language, by King Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I

853:
 * Vardhaman Charitra (Life of Vardhaman) by Asaga, the first Sanskrit biography of Jain Tirthankara, Mahavir.

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:

850:
 * Ki no Tomonori (died 904), Japanese waka poet

857:
 * Ch'oe Ch'i-wŏn, (died unknown), in Silla (Korea)

858:
 * Mansur Al-Hallaj (died 922), Persian poet, mystic, revolutionary writer and pious teacher of Sufism, most famous for his apparent, but disputed, self-proclaimed divinity

859:
 * Rudaki (died 941), Persian poet

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

850:
 * Shih-Te (born unknown), Chinese monk and poet

852:
 * Du Mu (born 803), Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty

853:
 * Ono no Takamura (born 802), Heian period scholar and poet

858:
 * Li Shangyin (born 813), Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty