title: 1238 in poetry
text: # 1238 in poetry
  
  The following events are associated with the year 1238 AD in poetry.
  
  ## Births
  
  * Yao Sui (died 1313), writer of Chinese Sanqu poetry and an official
  * Homam-e Tabrizi born either 1238 or 1239 (died 1314), Persian poet of the Ilkhanid era
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * Elazar Rokeach (born 1176), a Talmudist, Cabalist, moralist, scientist and poet
  * Sighvatr Sturluson (born 1170), skaldic poet, goði and member of the Icelandic Sturlungar clan
  * Awhad al-Din Kermani (probably 21 March), Persian Sufi poet
  