1209 in poetry

Events

• Guillem Augier Novella penned A People Grieving for the Death of their Lord, a planh on the death of Raymond Roger Trencavel.^[1]
• Gui d'Ussel, in obedience to a papal injunction from Pierre de Castelnau, ceased composing and writing.^[2]

Births

• Shang Ting (died 1288), writer of Chinese Sanqu poetry

Deaths

• Nizami Ganjavi (born 1141), Persian romantic epic poet
• Ruzbihan Baqli (born 1128), Persian poet, mystic, and Sufi