7th century in poetry
overview of poetry-related events during the 7th century
Europe
Poets
Cædmon likely flourishes from approximately 657 to 680 in Northumbria.
Laidcenn mac Buith Bannaig, Irish (d. 661)
Works
Cædmon's Hymn, Old English
Dream of the Rood, Old English, possible date
Hisperica Famina, Hiberno-Latin
Byzantine Empire
Poets
George Pisida, in Greek
Arabic world
Poets
Abu 'Afak, from Hijaz, a Jewish poet writing in Arabic
Layla al-Akhyaliyya, early Banu Uqayl tribe female poet
Al-Rabi ibn Abu al-Huqayq fl. in Arabia just before the Hejira
Eleazar Kalir, from Kirjath-sepher, writing in Hebrew
Al-Khansa, in Arabia, early Islamic woman poet
Jabal ibn Jawwal, a Jewish convert to Islam, in Arabic
Births of Arab-language poets
al-Akhtal (c. 640–710)
Kumait Ibn Zaid (679–743)
Kuthayyir (ca. 660-ca. 723)
Deaths of Arab-language poets
Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha (570–625)
Antarah ibn Shaddad (525–608)
Durayd ibn al-Simma (d. 630)
Hassan ibn Thabit (d. c. 674)
Labīd (560–661)
Qays ibn al-Mullawah (d.
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