The year 2002 in literature involved some significant events and new books. Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Poetry 5 Non-fiction 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 Awards 8.1 Australia 8.2 Canada 8.3 France 8.4 United Kingdom 8.5 United States 8.6 Other 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. November: 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 Aaron Allston - Enemy Lines: Rebel Dream and Enemy Lines: Rebel Stand Jean M. Auel - The Shelters of Stone Iain Banks - Dead Air Greg Bear - Vitals Raymond Benson - Die Another Day and The Man with the Red Tattoo Nelson Bond - The Far Side of Nowhere William Boyd - Any Human Heart Stephen L. Carter - The Emperor of Ocean Park Tracy Chevalier - Girl with a Pearl Earring Bernard Cornwell - Sharpe's Prey Sharpe's Skirmish and Vagabond Michael Crichton - Prey Elaine Cunningham - Dark Journey L. Sprague de Camp - Aristotle and the Gun and Other Stories Thomas R. DeGregori - The Bountiful Harvest Dave Eggers - You Shall Know Our Velocity Janet Evanovich - Hard Eight Michel Faber - The Crimson Petal and the White Giorgio Faletti - Io uccido Mick Farren - Underland Janet Fitch - White Oleander Alan Dean Foster - The Approaching Storm Horace L. Gold and L. Sprague de Camp - None But Lucifer Jean-Christophe Grang - Le Concile de pierre Niall Griffiths - Sheepshagger John Grisham - The Summons Joanne Harris - Coastliners John D. Harvey - The Cleansing Aleksandar Hemon - Nowhere Man Carl Hiaasen - Hoot Stephen King - Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales and From a Buick 8 Rachel Klein - The Moth Diaries Dean R. Koontz - By the Light of the Moon and One Door Away from Heaven Robert Ludlum - The Sigma Protocol Valerio Massimo Manfredi - The Last Legion Rohinton Mistry - Family Matters Haruki Murakami - Kafka on the Shore Chuck Palahniuk - Lullaby Orhan Pamuk - Snow Ann Patchett - Bel Canto James Patterson - Beach House Terry Pratchett - Night Watch Libby Purves - Mother Country Pascal Quignard - Les Ombres errantes Kathy Reichs - Grave Secrets Nora Roberts - Face the Fire R. A. Salvatore - Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Alice Sebold - The Lovely Bones Carol Shields - Unless Kenji Siratori - Blood Electric Thomas Sullivan - Born Burning David Southwell - Dirty Cash James Spix - Sutherlin Alliance Danielle Steel - The Cottage Matthew Stover - Traitor Donna Tartt - The Little Friend William Trevor - The Story of Lucy Gault Andrew Vachss - Only Child Guy Vanderhaeghe - The Last Crossing Barbara Vine - The Blood Doctor Sarah Waters - Fingersmith Darren Williams - Angel Rock Walter Jon Williams - Destiny's Way Roger Zelazny - The Last Defender of Camelot New drama Nilo Cruz - Anna in the Tropics Peter Verhelst - Blush Poetry Main article: 2002 in poetry Jim Dodge - Rain on the River Linton Kwesi Johnson - Mi Revalueshanary Fren Grazyna Miller - Alibi of a butterfly Non-fiction Peter Ackroyd - Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination Bija Bennett - Emotional Yoga Stuart Christie - Granny Made me an Anarchist Margaret Cook - Lords of Creation Gerina Dunwich - A Witch's Guide to Ghosts and the Supernatural Michael J. Fox - Lucky Man: A Memoir Stephen J. Gould - I Have Landed Peter Jennings - In Search of America Sue Monk Kidd - The Secret Life of Bees Judith Levine - Harmful to Minors Gabriel Garca Mrquez - Vivir para contarla (autobiography) Jeremy Paxman - The Political Animal Neil Peart - Ghost Rider James B. Stewart - Heart of a Soldier Rachel Simon - Riding the Bus with My Sister Rick Warren - The Purpose Driven Life Edited by John Brockman - The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty-First Century Births Deaths January 12 - Lady Violet Powell literary critic 89 January 28 - Astrid Lindgren children's author 94 February 8 - Joachim Hoffmann 71 February 21 - A. L. Barker novelist 83 February 27 - Spike Milligan comedian writer and actor March 21 - Thomas Flanagan novelist 78 May 17 - Dave Berg cartoonist for Mad Magazine 81 May 20 - Stephen J. Gould paleontologist evolutionary biologist and writer June 2 - Flora Lewis journalist 84 June 13 - R. W. B. Lewis critic 84 June 20 Timothy Findley Canadian author 71 Kenneth Kantzer theologian 84 July 23 - Chaim Potok novelist August 25 - Dorothy Hewett Australian poet and playwright 79 October 13 - Stephen Ambrose controversial historian and biographer 66 October 21 - Harbhajan Singh (poet) poet and critic 82 November 8 - Jon Elia poet and philosopher 64 November 19 - Max Reinhardt publisher 86 Awards Nobel Prize for Literature: Imre Kertsz Australia The Australian/Vogel Literary Award: Danielle Wood The Alphabet of Light and Dark C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Robert Gray Afterimages Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Alan Wearne The Lovemakers Mary Gilmore Prize: Geraldine McKenzie Duty Miles Franklin Award: Tim Winton Dirt Music Canada Giller Prize: 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 Bk Eunoia and Alice Notley Disobedience France Prix Dcembre: Pierre Michon Abbs and Corps du Roi Prix Femina: Chantal Thomas Les adieux la reine Prix Femina (non-fiction): Michael Barry Massoud Prix Goncourt: Pascal Quignard Les Ombres errantes Prix Mdicis French: Daniel Desmarquet Kafka et les jeunes filles Prix Mdicis Non-Fiction: Anne F. Garrta Pas un jour Prix Mdicis International: Philip Roth The Human Stain United Kingdom Booker Prize: Yann Martel Life of Pi Carnegie Medal for children's literature: Sharon Creech Ruby Holler James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Jonathan Franzen The Corrections James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Jenny Uglow The Lunar Men: The Friends Who Made the Future 1730-1810 Cholmondeley Award: Moniza Alvi David Constantine Liz Lochhead Brian Patten Eric Gregory Award: Caroline Bird Christopher James Jacob Polley Luke Heeley Judith Lal David Leonard Briggs Eleanor Rees Kathryn Simmonds 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 Orange Prize for Fiction: Ann Patchett Bel Canto Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Peter Porter United States Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: Shao Wei Pulling a Dragon's Teeth Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry: Grace Schulman Arthur Rense Prize for poetry: B.H. Fairchild Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry: Timothy Donnelly His Long Imprison'd Thought Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry: Alice Fulton Felt Brittingham Prize in Poetry: Anna George Meek Acts of Contortion Compton Crook Award: Wen Spencer Alien Taste Frost Medal: Galway Kinnell Hugo Award: Neil Gaiman American Gods Newbery Medal for children's literature: Linda Sue Park A Single Shard 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 Wallace Stevens Award: Ruth Stone Other Finlandia Prize: Kari Hotakainen Trench Street IMPAC Award: Michel Houellebecq Les Particules lmentaires Macmillan Writers' Prize for Africa Adult Fiction: Yvonne Vera Stone Virgins Premio Nadal: ngela Vallvey Los estados carenciales