Petrarch · Hafez Were Petrarch and Hafez alive at the same time? Yes. Petrarch and Hafez were alive at the same time, from c. 1325 to 1374. PetrarchItalian scholar and poetBorn 20 July 1304 · died 19 July 1374, aged 69HafezPersian poet and mysticBorn c. 1325 · died 1389–1390 Marco PoloDante AlighieriIbn BattutaPetrarchHafezIbn KhaldunTimurGeoffrey Chaucer Petrarch and Hafez 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.