c. 990) Kormákur Ögmundarson (Fl. 10th century) Þórarinn Þórólfsson (Fl. 10th century), author of Þórarinn svarti or Þórarinn Máhlíðingur Einar skálaglamm (Fl. 10th century), author of Einar Helgason Hallfreður vandræðaskáld (Fl. 10th – 11th centuries), author of Hallfreður Óttarsson Works The Battle of Maldon, perhaps written soon after the event of 991 it describes Exeter Book, a collection of Old English literature Eiríksmál (c. 954) Latin Europe Poets Israel the Grammarian (c. 895–c. 965) Byzantine Empire and Slavic Europe Acritic songs in the Byzantine Empire Compilation of the ultimate edition of the Greek Anthology India Poets Andal flourishes, writing in Tamil Nagavarma I writes in Kannada Sri Ponna writes in Kannada Shivakotiacharya writes in Kannada (approx. - may be earlier) China Poets Wang Yucheng (954–1001) Japan Works Imperial waka anthologies: Kokin Wakashū the first imperial waka anthology, 20 scrolls, 1,111 poems, ordered by Emperor Daigo and completed c. 905, compiled by Ki no Tsurayuki, Ki no Tomonori, Ōshikōchi and Mibu no Tadamine Gosen Wakashū 20 scrolls, 1,426 poems, ordered in 951 by Emperor Murakami Poets Akazome Emon 赤染衛門 (956–1041) waka poet of the mid-Heian period; a member of both the Thirty-six Elder Poetic Sages and Kintō's 36 female poetry immortals (or "sages") of the Kamakura period Fujiwara no Asatada 藤原朝忠 also 中納言朝忠 (911–966), middle Heian period waka poet and nobleman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals; one of his poems is in the Hyakunin Isshu anthology Fujiwara no Kintō 藤原公任, also known as "Shijō-dainagon" (966–1041), poet and critic; one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals; has poems in anthologies including the Shūi Wakashū, the Wakan rōeishū, and Shūi Wakashū Fujiwara no Masatada 藤原雅正 (died 961), poet with family connections to several other poets: first son of Fujiwara no Kanesuke; grandfather of Murasaki Shikibu ("Lady Murasaki"); older brother of Fujiwara no Kiyotada; married a daughter of Fujiwara no Sadakata; father of Fujiwara no Tametoki; also acquainted with Ki no Tsurayuki Fujiwara no Nagayoshi 藤原長能, also known as "Fujiwara no Nagatō" (949 – death year unknown), poet and a court bureaucrat of the Heian period; one of the "Thirty-six Poetry Immortals"; taught waka to the poet Nōin Fujiwara no Takamitsu 藤原高光 (c. 939–994), middle Heian period waka poet and nobleman; one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals; has poems in imperial poetry anthologies starting with Gosen Wakashū Fujiwara no Tametoki 藤原為時 (died 1029?), poet, minor official and governor of various provinces, scholar of Chinese