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Poets by Century (12th Century - 18th Century)

- > 19th Century - Present

 

12th Century

  Judah Halevi (1075? - 1141) (Spain)
  Ayn al-Qozat Hamadani (1098 - 1131) (Iran/Per)
Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179) (Germany)
Farid ud-Din Attar (1120? - 1220?) (Iran/Per)
  Sun Buer (1124 - 1182?) (China)
Allama Prabhu (12th Century) (India)
Mahsati Ganjavi (12th Century) (Azerbaijan)
  Jayadeva (12th Century) (India)
Akka Mahadevi (12th Century) (India)
Basava (1134 - 1196) (India)
  Gharib Nawaz (1142? - 1236?) (Iran/Per)
  Bernart de Ventadorn (1145? - 1180) (France)
  Najmoddin Kobra (1145 - 1221) (Iran/Per)
  Arnaut Daniel (? - 1210?) (France)
  Giraut de Bornelh (1165? - 1210) (France)

 

13th Century

Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi (1165 - 1240) (Spain)
Baba Sheikh Farid (1173 - 1266) (Pakistan)
Francis of Assisi (1181 - 1226) (Italy)
  Umar Ibn al-Farid (1181 - 1235) (Egypt)
  Wu Men (Hui-k'ai) (1183 - 1260) (China)
  Hamid al-Din Kirmani (? - 1238)
Clare of Assisi (1193? - 1254) (Italy)
  Nachmanides (Moses ben Nachman) (1194 - 1270) (Spain)
Dogen (1200 - 1253) (Japan)
  Eldar Edda (Anonymous) ( - 1250) (Iceland)
  Mechthild of Magdeburg (1207 - 1297) (Germany)
Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) (Afghanistan & Turkey)
Saadi (1207? - 1291) (Iran/Per)
  Hadewijch (13th Century) (Belgium)
  Meshullam da Piera (? - 1261?) (Spain)
  Binavi Badakhshani (13th Century) (Afghanistan)
  Baba Afzal Kashani (13th Century) (Iran/Per)
  Taliesin (13th Century) (Wales)
  Yun-k'an Tzu (13th Century) (China)
  Jacopone da Todi (Jacopone Benedetti) (1230 - 1306) (Italy)
Ramon Llull (1232 - 1315) (Spain)
  Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia (1238 - 1325) (India)
Yunus Emre (1238 - 1320) (Turkey)
  Fakhruddin Iraqi (? - 1289) (Iran)
  Rabbi Abraham Abulafia (1240 - ?) (Spain)
  Kuan Han-Ch'ing (1240 - 1320) (China)
  Sultan Valad (1240? - 1312) (Turkey)
  Zohar (Moses de Leon) (1245? - 1305) (Spain)
  Ibn Ata' Illah (1250 - 1309) (Egypt)
  Mahmud Shabistari (1250? - 1340) (Iran/Per)
  Marguerite Porete (1260? - 1310) (France)
Dante Alighieri (1265? - 1321) (Italy)
Jnanadev (1275 - 1296) (India)
  Muktabai (13th Century) (India)

 

14th Century

Namdev (1270 - 1350) (India)
  Ryuzan (1274 - 1358) (Japan)
Muso Soseki (1275 - 1351) (Japan)
  Ala al-Dawla Simnani (? - 1336) (Iran/Per)
  Janabai (1298 - 1350?) (India)
  Jusammi Chikako (14th Century) (Japan)
  Longchen Rabjampa (1308 - 1363) (Tibet)
  Hafiz (1320 - 1389) (Iran/Per)
  Avaiyar (14th Century) (India)
  Beni (14th Century) (India)
  Granum Sinapis (Anonymous) (14th Century) (Germany)
Lalla (Lal Ded) (14th Century) (India)
  Pattinattar (14th Century) (India)
Shah Nematollah Vali (1330 - 1431) (Iran/Per)
Vidyapati (1340? - 1430) (India)
Catherine of Siena (1347 - 1380) (Italy)
  Imadeddin Nasimi (1369? - 1418) (Azerbaijan)

 

15th Century

  Ikkyu (Ikkyu Sojun) (1394 - 1481) (Japan)
Ravidas (1398? - 1448?) (India)
  Pampattic Cittar (1400? - 1450?) (India)
Ramananda (1400 - 1480) (India)
  Zeynep Hatun (15th Century) (Turkey)
  Pipa (15th Century) (India)
Kabir (15th Century) (India)
  Karma Trinley (1456 - 1539) (Tibet)

 

16th Century

Guru Nanak (1469 - 1539) (Pakistan/India)
  Vittoria da Colonna (1492 - 1547) (Italy)
Mirabai (1498 - 1565?) (India)
Teresa of Avila (1515 - 1582) (Spain)
  Ummi Sinan (16th Century) (Turkey)
Luis de Leon (1527 - 1591) (Spain)
  Isaac Luria (1534 - 1572) (Egypt)
  Rasakhan (1534 - 1619) (India)
John of the Cross (1542 - 1591) (Spain)
  Dadu Dayal (1544 - 1603) (India)
Heinrich Khunrath (1560? - 1605) (Germany)
Michael Maier (1562 - 1622) (Germany)

 

17th Century

  Seyh Ibrahim Efendi (1591 - 1651) (Turkey)
George Herbert (1593 - 1633) (Wales)
  Akha (1600? - 1650?) (India)
Dame Catherine Gascoigne (1600 - 1676) (England)
Tukaram (1608 - 1649) (India)
  Sarmad (? - 1659) (Iran/Per)
  Anne Bradstreet (1612 - 1672) (US)
  Richard Crashaw (1613 - 1649) (England)
  Niyazi Misri (1616 - 1694) (Turkey)
Rupa Bhawani (1621 - 1721) (India)
  Henry Vaughan (1621 - 1695) (Wales)
Angelus Silesius (1624 - 1677) (Poland)
  Naftali Bacharach (17th Century)
  Thomas Traherne (1636? - 1674) (England)
  Sultan Bahu (? - 1691) (Pakistan)
Matsuo Basho (1644 - 1694) (Japan)
  Abdul-Qader Bedil (1644 - 1721) (Afghanistan)
Rahman Baba (1653 - 1711) (Afghanistan)
  Masahide (1657? - 1723) (Japan)
  Shih Shu (1660? - 1740?) (China)

 

18th Century

Dariya (1634 - 1780) (India)
Bulleh Shah (1680 - 1758) (Pakistan)
Hakuin (1686 - 1768) (Japan)
Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744) (England)
Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai (1689 - 1752) (Pakistan)
  Thayumanavar (1706 - 1744) (India)
  Kelsang Gyatso (1708 - 1757) (Tibet)
Yuan Mei (1716 - 1798) (China)
  Ramprasad (Ramprasad Sen) (1718? - 1775?) (India)
  Cherokee (Anonymous) (18th Century) (US)
  Chinook (Anonymous) (18th Century) (US)
  Pima (Anonymous) (18th Century) (US)
  Pygmy (Anonymous) (18th Century) (Congo)
  Levi Yitzchak of Berditchov (1740 - 1810) (Poland)
Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749 - 1832) (Germany)
William Blake (1757 - 1827) (England)
  Seyh Galib (1757 - 1799) (Turkey)
Ryokan (1758 - 1831) (Japan)
Kobayashi Issa (1763 - 1828) (Japan)
  Kamalakanta (1769? - 1821?) (India)
Novalis (1772 - 1801) (Germany)
Ann Griffiths (1776 - 1805) (Wales)

- > 19th Century - Present


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