960s 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:

966:
 * Fujiwara no Kintō (died 1041), Japanese poet, publisher of the Shūi Wakashū; he created the concept of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals
 * Sei Shōnagon (died 1017), author of The Pillow Book

967:
 * Dec 7 – Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr (died 1049), Persian poet
 * Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani (died 1007), Arab poet

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

965:
 * Ahmad ibn-al-Husayn al-Mutanabbi (born 915), Arab (Iraqi-born) poet

966:
 * Fujiwara no Asatada (born 910), one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Japan
 * Sri Ponna (born 939), writing in the Kannada language

967:
 * Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (born 897), Iranian scholar of Arab-Quraysh origin who is noted for collecting and preserving ancient Arabic lyrics and poems in his major work, the Kitāb al-Aghānī

968:
 * Abu Firas al-Hamdani (born 935), Arab poet