|
|
|
2002 in literature
See also: 2001 in literature, other events of 2002, 2003 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
-
March 16: Authorities in Saudi Arabia arrested and jailed poet Abdul Mohsen Musalam and fired a newspaper editor following the publication of Musalam's poem The Corrupt on Earth that criticized the state's Islamic judiciary. In it, the poet accused some judges of being corrupt and issuing unfair rulings for their own personal benefit.
- May: Raymond Benson releases his final James Bond novel, a novelization of the film Die Another Day, bringing to a close an uninterrupted series of novels based upon Ian Fleming's character that started in 1981.
New books
Births
Deaths
Awards
-
Booker Prize: Yann Martel, The Life of Pi
-
Finlandia Prize: Kari Hotakainen Trench Street
-
Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Austin Clarke, The Polished Hoe
- See 2002 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
-
Griffin Poetry Prize: Christian Bök, Eunoia and Alice Notley , Disobedience
-
Hugo Award: Neil Gaiman, American Gods
-
IMPAC Award: Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles
-
Newbery Medal for children's literature: Linda Sue Park, A Single Shard
-
Nobel Prize for Literature: Imre Kertész
-
Orange Prize for Fiction: Ann Patchett , Bel Canto
-
Prix Décembre: Pierre Michon , Abbés and Corps du Roi
-
Prix Femina: Chantal Thomas , Les adieux ŕ la reine
-
Prix Femina (non-fiction): Michael Barry, Massoud
-
Prix Goncourt: Pascal Quignard, Les Ombres errantes
-
Prix Médicis French: Daniel Desmarquet , Kafka et les jeunes filles
-
Prix Médicis Non-Fiction: Anne F. Garréta , Pas un jour
-
Prix Médicis International: Philip Roth, The Human Stain
-
Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Suzan-Lori Parks, Topdog/Underdog
-
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Richard Russo, Empire Falls
-
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Carl Dennis, Practical Gods
-
Samuel Johnson Prize: Margaret Macmillan, Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War
-
Whitbread Best Book Award: Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass
Last updated: 05-18-2005 19:20:03
|
|
|
|
|
|