Aşık Çelebi
In 1556 Aşık Çelebi wrote the second encyclopedia on poets which he named Meşairu'ş-Şuara (Feelings of Poets). In various handwritten copies of this book, Aşık Çelebi examined between 324 and 360 biographies of poets.
For further information see: Filiz Kılıç (Ed.), Aşık Çelebi, Meşâiru'ş-Şuarâ, İstanbul Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Yay. 3 vol., İstanbul, 2010.