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Old-poets in Asian, by popularity

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  1. Khuyen, Nguyen   Asian. Born: 1835, Died: 1909, 1 poems.
  2. Fujiwara, Shunzei   Asian. Born: 1114, Died: 1204, 1 poems.
    Japanese poet and critic, an innovator of waka  and compiler of the Senzaishû (“Collection of a Thousand Years”), the seventh Imperial anthology of classical Japanese poetry.
  3. Bahu, Sultan-ul-Aarifeen Sultan   Asian. Born: 1628, Died: 1691, 1 poems.
  4. Aurobindo, Sri   Asian. Born: 1872, Died: 1950, 32 poems.
  5. Khansa,   Asian. Born: 575, Died: 646, 1 poems.
    Al Khansa was a woman poet whose poetry dates from Pre-Islamic Arabia. She was famous for her elegiac writings mainly about her brothers, but these have become famous as some of the best writings from the period in this genre.
  6. Ray, Sukumar   Asian. Born: 1887, Died: 1923, 2 poems.
  7. Shikibu, Izumi   Asian. Born: 974, Died: 1033, 5 poems.
  8. Sahay, Raghuvir   Asian. Born: 1929, Died: 1990 (modern), 12 poems.
    was a versatile Hindi poet,
    translator, short-story writer and journalist.
  9. Kanik, Orhan Veli   Asian. Born: 1914, Died: 1950, 47 poems.
  10. Murasaki, Shikibu   Asian. Born: 978, Died: 1015, 2 poems.
  11. Insha, Inshaullah Khan   Asian. Born: 1752, Died: 1817, 1 poems.
    Inshaullah Khan was not only a master poet of urdu he was also a grammarian and an accomplished prose writer, with an excellent sense of humour and wit.
  12. Shiraz, Hovhannes   Asian. Born: 1915, Died: 1984 (modern), 2 poems.
  13. Alishan, Leo   Asian. Born: 1820, Died: 1901, 8 poems.
  14. al-Sayyab, Badr Shakr   Asian. Born: 1926, Died: 1964 (modern), 1 poems.
  15. Zedong, Mao   Asian. Born: 1893, Died: 1976 (modern), 36 poems.
  16. Yun, Son-do   Asian. Born: 1587, Died: 1671, 1 poems.
    Yun is genrally deemed the greatest of Korean poets; his work with the sijo took the form to its zenith in the 17th century.
  17. Hokushi,   Asian. Born: 1665, Died: 1718, 3 poems.
  18. Patkanian, Raphael   Asian. Born: 1830, Died: 1892, 16 poems.
    Armenian patriotic poet, native of Nakhichevan. He created his poems under the pen name of Kamar Katiba. Best known for his poem, "The Tears of Araxes".
  19. al-Haidari, Buland   Asian. Born: 1926, Died: 1996 (modern), 4 poems.
    Iraqi poet known for modernizing Arabic literature
  20. Warsi, Bedam Shah   Asian. Born: 1876, Died: 1936, 1 poems.
  21. Zhimo, Xu   Asian. Born: 1896, Died: 1931, 1 poems.
  22. Baki, Mahmud   Asian. Born: 1526, Died: 1600, 11 poems.
    Baqi is considered by the Turks to be superior to all other lyric writers.
  23. Kim, Tongnyong   Asian. Born: 1567, Died: 1596, 1 poems.
    Kim Tongnyong was a young volunteer soldier who fought courageously against the Japanese invasion (1592+). King Sonjo named him the "Lord of Patriotism."
  24. Vivekananda, Swami Swami   Asian. Born: 1863, Died: 1902, 18 poems.
  25. Sevag, Baruyr   Asian. Born: 1924, Died: 1971 (modern), 2 poems.
  26. Uhn, Koryo scholar Yang Sah   Asian. Born: 1517, Died: 1584, 1 poems.
  27. Azmi, Kaifi   Asian. Born: 1930, Died: 2002 (modern), 2 poems.
  28. Tsereteli, Akaki   Asian. Born: 1846, Died: 1915, 7 poems.
  29. Zuhayr, Baha ad-Din   Asian. Born: 1186, Died: 1258, 1 poems.
  30. Bilhana,   Asian. 1 poems.
  31. Balkhi, Rabeha   Asian. 1 poems.
  32. Shamlu, Ahmad   Asian. Born: 1925, Died: 1999 (modern), 6 poems.
  33. Khrimian, Catholicos Megerdich   Asian. Born: 1820, Died: 1907, 1 poems.
  34. So, Kyongdok   Asian. Born: 1489, Died: 1546, 1 poems.
    So Kyongdok was a profound 16th century philosopher from Choson (Korea). He studied and wrote extensively in literature, phonetics and Confucian philosophy.
  35. Hamzah, Amir   Asian. Born: 1911, Died: 1947, 1 poems.
  36. Varoujan, Daniel   Asian. Born: 1884, Died: 1915, 7 poems.
  37. Chavchavadze, Ilia Grigoryvich   Asian. Born: 1837, Died: 1907, 2 poems.
  38. Fikret, Tevfik   Asian. Born: 1867, Died: 1915, 2 poems.
  39. Uyar, Turgut   Asian. Born: 1927, Died: 1985 (modern), 4 poems.
  40. Tueni, Nadia   Asian. Born: 1935, Died: 1983 (modern), 2 poems.
  41. Chin-ok,   Asian. 1 poems.
    Chin-ok was a kisaeng (similar to a geisha) in Choson (Korea). That is all that is known about her. We know only one of her sijo.
  42. Hashmi, Fayyaz   Asian. Born: 1920, Died: 1974 (modern), 1 poems.
  43. Tong, Emperor Tran Nhan   Asian. Born: 1258, Died: 1308, 1 poems.
  44. Zabolotsky, Nikolai   Asian. Born: 1903, Died: 1958 (modern), 5 poems.
  45. Ch-on-gum,   Asian. 1 poems.
    Ch'on'gum was a Korean kisaeng (similar to a geisha), probably during the 16th century, though no particulars of her life are known.
  46. Hachiemon, Karai   Asian. Born: 1718, Died: 1790, 2 poems.
    Whose pen name 'Senryu' came to honour his contribution to the 5-7-5 verse form in which he wrote extensively.
  47. Yi, Hwang   Asian. Born: 1501, Died: 1570, 2 poems.
    Yi Hwang was the greatest scholar and most influential Confucian philosopher of Korea’s Choson dynasty.
  48. Chen, Yuan   Asian. Born: 779, Died: 831, 7 poems.
  49. Nalbandian, Mikayel   Asian. Born: 1830, Died: 1866, 2 poems.
  50. Tao, Chia   Asian. Born: 799, Died: 843, 3 poems.
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