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  1. Ryokan, Taigu   Asian. Born: 1758, Died: 1831, 45 poems.
  2. Qabbani, Nizar   Asian. Born: 1923, Died: 1998 (modern), 37 poems.
    Nizar Qabbani, left life as a Syrian diplomat to become one of the Arab world's greatest poets
  3. Tagore, Gurudev Rabindranath   Asian. Born: 1861, Died: 1941, 206 poems.
    Greatest writer in modern Indian literature, Bengali poet, novelist, educator, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
  4. Gibran, Khalil   Asian. Born: 1883, Died: 1931, 74 poems.
    Gibran proved to be a solitary and pensive child who relished the natural surroundings of the cascading falls, the rugged cliffs and the neighboring green cedars.
  5. Rumi, Mewlana Jalaluddin   Asian. Born: 1207, Died: 1273, 107 poems.
    Jalalud'Din Rumi, The Thirteenth-Century Persian lawyer-divine and Sufi, is widely considered literature's greatest mystical poet.
  6. Mirabai,   Asian. Born: 1498, Died: 1546, 34 poems.
    Mirabai, a princess, was a devotee of Lord Krishna, she was in love with him from her early childhood and her poems are of love and devotion to her Lord. Her devotion of Lord Krishna made her go against the traditions and customs of her time and made
  7. Iqbal, Sir Muhammed   Asian. Born: 1877, Died: 1938, 35 poems.
    Poet, Politician, Philosopher, Jurist and one of the founding fathers of Modern Pakistan, upon him was bestowed the honour 'Shaere-Meshria' the thinker poet of Islam.
  8. Kabir,   Asian. Born: 1398, Died: 1448, 28 poems.
    Kabir, a saint to millions, a universal Guru, a poet, a weaver by profession, a Sufi, and last but not the least a mystic. In India, he is perhaps the most quoted author.
  9. Khusro, Amir   Asian. Born: 1253, Died: 1325, 29 poems.
    Amir Khusro Dehlavi, Poet, musician, inventor, philosopher, linguist. Khusro was musician in the court of seven kings in Delhi, from Allauddin Khilji to Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq.
  10. Bharati, Subramania   Asian. Born: 1882, Died: 1921, 1 poems.
    Bharati captured the imagination of the Tamil people.  His collection of songs on national unity, Swadesha Geetangal (meaning songs on Indian nationalism), was first published in 1908 which was followed by Janma Bhoomi (meaning motherland), published
  11. Surdas, Sant   Asian. Born: 1478, Died: 1581, 30 poems.
    Blind poet, saint, and musician of India. He portrayed in exquisite poetry the life of Krishna.
  12. Ghalib, Mirza Asadullah Khan   Asian. Born: 1797, Died: 1869, 25 poems.
    Ghalib was a master of Ghazals. Not only did he exploit Urdu language's subtleties and complexities, he bared his soul in his poetry. His poetry is filled with conflict of existence, love, musings about religion and life.
  13. Chauhan, Subhadra Kumari   Asian. Born: 1904, Died: 1948, 2 poems.
  14. Anees, Babar Ali   Asian. Born: 1803, Died: 1874, 4 poems.
    Famous poet of the Marsia (elegiac poetry in Urdu).
  15. Basho, Matsuo   Asian. Born: 1644, Died: 1694, 110 poems.
    Basho Matsuo is known as the first great poet in the history of haikai (and haiku).
  16. Khankhana, Abdur Rahim   Asian. Born: 1556, Died: 1627, 1 poems.
    Abdur Rahim KhanKhanan (also known as Rahim) lived during the reign of Akbar. He was an excellent poet and an Astrologer.
  17. Basri, Rabia   Asian. Born: 717, Died: 801, 4 poems.
    One of the most famous Islamic mystics was a woman: Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya (c.717-801). This 8th century saint was an early Sufi who had a profound influence on later Sufis.
  18. Kalidasa,   Asian. Born: 353, Died: 420, 20 poems.
    Considered the greatest of the sanskrit dramatists, and the first great name in Sanskrit literature after Ashvaghoshha
  19. Chao, Li Ching   Asian. Born: 1084, Died: 1151, 35 poems.
    She was born into a literary family and became an antiquarian, book collector, and calligrapher. Of her six original volumes of lyrics, only about 50 lyrics remain.

    In Stephen Owen's chapter, "The Snares of Memory," it concentrates on Li Ch'ing
  20. Hafiz, Shams al-Din   Asian. Born: 1321, Died: 1389, 68 poems.
    As with many Persian authors, little is known about Hafiz' life. He is considered an incomporable master of the ghazal form, and a source of wisdom and guidance to this day.
  21. Bachchan, Harivansh Rai   Asian. Born: 1907, Died: 2003 (modern), 1 poems.
  22. Attar,   Asian. Born: 1119, Died: 1193, 10 poems.
    He wrote at least 45,000 rhymed couplets and many prose works, and he was greatly admired by the Sufi poet Rumi.
  23. Tukaram, Sant   Asian. Born: 1608, Died: 1649, 7 poems.
    Saint and Poet from Maharashtra in Western India.
  24. Shah, Waris   Asian. Born: 1719, Died: 1790, 1 poems.
    Famous for his Poem Heer Waris Shah about the legend of the star crossed lovers Heer and Ranjha.
  25. Buson, Yosa   Asian. Born: 1716, Died: 1783, 41 poems.
    Leading haiku poet of the late 18th century and, with Basho and Issa, one of the great names in haiku.
  26. Sa di,   Asian. Born: 1184, Died: 1291, 300 poems.
    Poet, prose writer and thinker Shaykh Sa'di,  was born in Shiraz Persia.
  27. Tarkovsky, Arseny   Asian. Born: 1907, Died: 1989 (modern), 7 poems.
  28. Wei, Wang   Asian. Born: 699, Died: 759, 83 poems.
    Much of his work give an insight into the weekend countryside retreats which many courtiers used to escape the pressure of high society court protocol, and teach us the value of nature through the Buddhist perception.
  29. Su, Tung-po   Asian. Born: 1037, Died: 1101, 6 poems.
    aka: Su Shih, Su is generally considered the greatest poet of the Sung dynasty.  His poetry is still admired, more than 900 years since his death.
  30. Sardar Jafri, Ali   Asian. Born: 1913, Died: 2000 (modern), 5 poems.
    Renowned urdu poet and freedom fighter.One of the founding fathers of the Urdu progressive literature movement. His strong, creative voice protested against discrimination and poverty.
  31. Komachi, Ono no   Asian. Born: 833, Died: 857, 23 poems.
    One of Japan's greatest female poets.  Her poetry is very passionate and complex, containing multiple entendres and metaphors.  She wrote all of her poems in the tanka form.
  32. Valmiki,   Asian. Born: 301, 1 poems.
    The writer of the great Hindu epic The Ramayana. This epic poem provides insights into many aspects of Indian culture and continues to influence the politics, religion and art of modern India
  33. Chien, Tao   Asian. Born: 356, Died: 427, 12 poems.
    Born n 356 Ad, Tao Chien was an early Taoist poet who is generally regarded as being one of the foremost pre-Tang poets.
  34. Yakamochi, Otomo no   Asian. Born: 716, Died: 785, 3 poems.
    Compiler of the anthology Manyoshu, which is a collection of ten thousand leaves and 4,562 poems.
  35. Ezekiel, Nissim   Asian. Born: 1924, Died: 2004 (modern), 8 poems.
    A major poet in the modern post Ww Ii phase of Indian Anglian Poetry
  36. Tulsidas,   Asian. Born: 1543, Died: 1623, 10 poems.
    He was one of the greatest 'Bhakti' poets India ever had.
  37. Derozio, Henry Louis Vivian   Asian. Born: 1809, Died: 1831, 5 poems.
  38. Bialik, Hayyim Nahman   Asian. Born: 1873, Died: 1934, 15 poems.
    His national poetry laments the degeneration of the Jewish nation in exile and strives to stimulate latent forces to create a new destiny. Expressing a wide range of emotion, his personal verse reflects the inner conflicts of modern man.
  39. Meer, Taqi   Asian. Born: 1723, Died: 1810, 3 poems.
    Meer is the biggest name in Urdu poetry, every poet including Ghalib and Zauq have acknowledged Meer's greatness.
  40. Akhmatova, Anna   Asian. Born: 1889, Died: 1966 (modern), 74 poems.
    Russian poet recognized at her death as the greatest woman poet in Russian literature.
  41. Fu, Du   Asian. Born: 712, Died: 770, 45 poems.
    Considered the greatest poet of a country devoted to poetry, believed himself a failure. Du Fu composed more than 240 poems reflecting upon the misery of the people.
  42. Dutt, Toru   Asian. Born: 1856, Died: 1877, 5 poems.
    Toru Dutt was the first Indian poetess to write in English
  43. Farrokhzad, Forough   Asian. Born: 1935, Died: 1967 (modern), 5 poems.
  44. Al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid   Asian. Born: 1058, Died: 1111, 1 poems.
    It was his habit from an early age, he says, to search for the true reality of things. In the process he came to doubt the senses and even reason itself as the means to 'certain knowledge', and fell into a deep scepticism.
  45. ibn Hujr, Imru al Qays   Asian. Born: 500, Died: 550, 1 poems.
    The fame of Imr Al-Qais, ‘The Wandering King’, was said to have caused him to be summoned to the court of the Emperor Justinian at Byzantium in 530
  46. Vidyapati,   Asian. Born: 1340, Died: 1430, 12 poems.
    it is said that once when the king had been captured by the Mughal rulers from Delhi, Vidyapathi pleased the Mughal king’s heart with his songs and obtained the release of his master
  47. Nizami, Abu Muhammad Ilyas ibn Yusuf ibn Zaki Muayyad   Asian. Born: 1141, Died: 1209, 1 poems.
    Nizami forms the favorite romantic reading of Persians even today. He is the chief teller of love tales for his people. He wrote five long poetic books, commonly called "The Five Treasures
  48. Sanai, Hakim   Asian. Born: 1080, Died: 1131, 10 poems.
    Hakim Sanai wasthe best of the three great mystical mathnavi writers of Persia the second being Attar and the third Rumi, of him Rumi said "Attar is the soul and Sanai its two eyes, I came after Sanai and 'Attar.”
  49. Issa, Kobayashi   Asian. Born: 1763, Died: 1827, 54 poems.
    One of Japan's pre-modern Haiku masters.
  50. Po, Li   Asian. Born: 701, Died: 762, 98 poems.
    Also known as Li Bo and Li Bai
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