Chardri (late 12th–early 13th centuries) was an
Anglo-Norman poet, probably from western
England
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. His pen name is probably an
anagram
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of Richard.
Three of his poems, all in
rhyming
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couplets, have survived:
*' presents
a Christianized version of the life of
Buddha
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According to Buddhist tradition, he was born in ...
, 2954 lines
*' records the story of the
Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
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, 1898 lines
*', 1780 lines
His work is transmitted in manuscripts alongside ''
The Owl and the Nightingale
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''.
References
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Anglo-Norman literature
13th-century English writers
13th-century French poets