[{"n": "Enheduanna", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/enheduanna/", "s": "Earliest known named author in world history."}, {"n": "Epicharmus of Cos", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/epicharmus-of-cos/", "s": "Greek dramatist and philosopher, originator of Doric comedy."}, {"n": "Fujiwara no Shunzei", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/fujiwara-no-shunzei/", "s": "Late Heian poet, compiler of the Senzai Wakashū, and master of yugen."}, {"n": "Hipponax", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/hipponax/", "s": "Ancient Greek iambic poet known for vulgar wit and choliambic meter."}, {"n": "Ibn al-Farid", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/ibn-al-farid/", "s": "Sultan of Lovers: The Sufi Poet of Ecstasy"}, {"n": "Imru' al-Qais", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/imru-al-qais/", "s": "Pre-Islamic poet and last King of Kinda, known for his Mu'allaqa and legendary quest for vengeance."}, {"n": "Jarir ibn Atiyah", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/jarir-ibn-atiyah/", "s": "Umayyad-era Arab poet and satirist from Najd."}, {"n": "Labid", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/labid/", "s": "Arab poet and companion of Muhammad, author of a Mu'allaqat poem."}, {"n": "Li Shangyin", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/li-shangyin/", "s": "Late Tang poet of imagist and untitled verse"}, {"n": "Livius Andronicus", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/livius-andronicus/", "s": "Greco-Roman poet, first to write Latin drama and literature."}, {"n": "Lucius Accius", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/lucius-accius/", "s": "Roman tragic poet and scholar of bold language and reform."}, {"n": "Ludovico Ariosto", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/ludovico-ariosto/", "s": "Poet of chivalric satire and the humanist smile"}, {"n": "Lu You", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/lu-you/", "s": "Patriotic poet of the Southern Song"}, {"n": "Ma Zhiyuan", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/ma-zhiyuan/", "s": "Yuan dynasty dramatist and poet known for sanqu lyrics."}, {"n": "Ennius", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/ennius/", "s": "Father of Roman poetry; author of the epic Annales."}, {"n": "Gawain Poet", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/gawain-poet/", "s": "Anonymous author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and three other poems."}, {"n": "Gnaeus Naevius", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/gnaeus-naevius/", "s": "Roman epic poet and dramatist of the Old Latin period, inventor of the Praetextae Fabulae and author of the Be"}, {"n": "Gottfried von Strassburg", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/gottfried-von-strassburg/", "s": "Author of the Middle High German romance Tristan."}, {"n": "Hrotsvitha", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/hrotsvitha/", "s": "Secular canoness, first female playwright of the Latin West."}, {"n": "Ibycus", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/ibycus/", "s": "Ancient Greek lyric poet of pederastic and mythological verse."}, {"n": "Jami", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/jami/", "s": "Persian Sufi poet and scholar of the Naqshbandi order."}, {"n": "Jayadeva", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/jayadeva/", "s": "12th-century Sanskrit poet and author of the Gita Govinda."}, {"n": "John Gower", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/john-gower/", "s": "English poet, contemporary of Langland, friend of Chaucer."}, {"n": "John Lydgate", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/john-lydgate/", "s": "English monk and poet of prodigious output."}, {"n": "Li He", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/li-he/", "s": "Tang poet of ghostly themes, prevented from exams by taboo."}, {"n": "Li Qingzhao", "u": "/e/classical-and-medieval-poets/li-qingzhao/", "s": "Song dynasty poet and essayist, master of ci poetry."}]