title: 990s in poetry
text: # 990s in poetry
  
  Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
  
  ## Events
  
  991:
  
  * The Battle of Maldon takes place, later celebrated in the Anglo-Saxon poem The Battle of Maldon
  
  ## Births
  
  Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:
  
  993:
  
  * Samuel ibn Naghrela (died 1056), Jewish poet in Al-Andalus
  
  ## Deaths
  
  Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
  
  990:
  
  * Dunash ben Labrat (born 920), Jewish poet in Al-Andalus
  * Kiyohara no Motosuke (born 908), one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Japan
  
  991:
  
  * Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu (born 921), one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Japan
  * Taira no Kanemori (born unknown), another of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals
  * Nakatsukasa (born 912), another of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals
  
  992:
  
  * Fujiwara no Nakafumi (born 923), one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals of Japan
  
  994:
  
  * Fujiwara no Takamitsu (born 939), Heian period waka poet and Japanese nobleman
  