860s 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:

861: Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tazz (died 908) Abbasid caliph and poet

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

869:
 * Tung-Shan (born 806), Buddhist scholar and poet