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

893:

• Mibu no Tadamine wins the Koresada no miko no ie no uta'awase (是貞の親王家歌合, "The Poetry Match at Prince Koresada's Residence")

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:

897:

• Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (died 967), 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

898:

• Ōshikōchi Mitsune (died 922), one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Heian Japan

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

890:

• Feb. 12: Henjo (born 816), one of the Six best Waka poets and Thirty-six Poetry Immortals

893:

• Ariwara no Yukihira (born 818), Japanese Heian period courtier, poet and bureaucrat

896:

• Flann mac Lonáin (born unknown), Irish Gaelic poet

897:

• al-Buhturi (born 820), Arabian poet

899:

• Oct. 26: Alfred the Great (born 849), King and poet, wrote Lays of Boethius

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