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9th century in poetry

	This page is part of the List of years in poetry
Centuries in poetry:	8th century - 9th century - 10th century
Decades in poetry:	800s 810s 820s 830s 840s 850s 860s 870s 880s 890s
Centuries:	8th century - 9th century - 10th century

Arabic world

Likely period when Cynewulf flourishes in Mercia or Northumbria.
Bragi Boddason flourishes in the Swedish court in the first half of the century, author of Bragi inn gamli Boddason (Norwegian)
Þjóðólfur úr Hvini(Norwegian)
Þorbjörn hornklofi(Norwegian)
Reign of King Alfred the Great, a noted poet in Anglo-Saxon, in Wessex from 871 to 899.

800s:
- Pangur Bán is written circa 800 in Old Irish.
830s:
- Lay of Hildebrand in Old High German
880s:
- Ludwigslied and Georgslied in Old High German (880s or 890s)
890s:
- De bellis Parisiacae urbis (The Wars of the City of Paris), in Latin, by Abbo Cernuus
decade not listed:
- Expansion of Gregorian chant, particularly in the Frankish lands of Europe.
- Llywarch Hen written in Welsh.
- Sequence of Saint Eulalia, the earliest surviving poem in Old French.
- Approximate period of Waldere in Old English

c. 855: Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius develop the Glagolitic alphabet;Cyrillic is developed about the same time in Bulgaria. These alphabets permit translation of the Bible into Old Church Slavonic and other Slavic languages. First development of Slavic literary languages.
Preslav Literary School (est. c. 885) and Ohrid Literary School (est. 886) flourish in Bulgaria.

Constantine of Preslav in Bulgaria authors Азбучна молитва (Alphabet Prayer), the earliest surviving poetry in Old Church Slavonic.

The Han-shan poet and Feng-Kan, both part of the Tientai Trio, flourish in China.
The Six best Waka poets in Japan, including Kisen (whose exact dates of birth and death are unknown)
Possible date of Sarumaru no Taifu