Du Fu · Abu Nuwas Were Du Fu and Abu Nuwas alive at the same time? Yes. Du Fu and Abu Nuwas were alive at the same time, from AD 753–762 to AD 770. Du FuTang dynasty Chinese poetBorn AD 712 · died AD 770, aged 57 or 58Abu Nuwas8th-century classical Arabic poetBorn AD 753–762 · died AD 814 Li BaiDu FuJabir ibn HayyanCharlemagneAbu NuwasHarun al-RashidMuḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi Du Fu and Abu Nuwas in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.