1010s in poetry

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

Births
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:

1011:
 * Shao Yong (died 1077), Song Chinese philosopher, cosmologist, poet and historian

1012:
 * Cai Xiang (died 1067), Song poet scholar and vizier of the Seljuq Empire

1018:
 * Nizam al-Mulk (died 1092), Persian
 * Michael Psellos born 1017 or 1018 (died 1078), Byzantine poet and historian (1017 or 1018)

1019:
 * Zeng Gong (died 1083), Song poet

Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: 1012:
 * Shams al-Mo'ali Abol-hasan Ghaboos ibn Wushmgir (born unknown), author of the Qabus nama