1253 in poetry
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Works published
- the troubadourTroubadourA troubadour was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages . Since the word "troubadour" is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a trobairitz....
EnglésEnglésEnglés was a Navarrese jongleur and troubadour of the mid 13th century. His lone tenso survives only in fragments and is chiefly of interest to historians for its commentary on court life in Pamplona under Theobald I....
and an anonymous jongleur compose a tensoTensoA tenso is a style of Occitan song favoured by the troubadours. It takes the form of a debate in which each voice defends a position on a topic relating to love or ethics. Closely related genres include the partimen and the cobla exchange...
debating the merits of the court of Theobald I of NavarreTheobald I of NavarreTheobald I , called the Troubadour, the Chansonnier, and the Posthumous, was Count of Champagne from birth and King of Navarre from 1234...
Births
- Amir KhusroAmir KhusroAb'ul Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrow , better known as Amīr Khusrow Dehlawī , was an Indian musician, scholar and poet. He was an iconic figure in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent...
(died 1325), Sufi, writing in Persian and Hindustani
Deaths
- Fujiwara Toshinari no Musume died 1252 or 1253 (born 1171), Japanese poetess
- Ahmad al-TifashiAhmad al-TifashiAhmad al-Tifashi , born in Tiffech, a village near Souk Ahras in Algeria was an Arabic poet, writer, and anthologist.-Biography:...
(born 1184), Arabic poet, writer, and anthologist, in TunisiaTunisiaTunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area... - Theobald I of NavarreTheobald I of NavarreTheobald I , called the Troubadour, the Chansonnier, and the Posthumous, was Count of Champagne from birth and King of Navarre from 1234...
(born 12011201 in poetry-Events:* Japanese former Emperor Go-Toba orders the preparation of Shin Kokin Wakashū the eighth Japanese imperial waka poetry anthology...
), a French trouvèreTrouvèreTrouvère , sometimes spelled trouveur , is the Northern French form of the word trobador . It refers to poet-composers who were roughly contemporary with and influenced by the troubadours but who composed their works in the northern dialects of France...