2002 in literature

Events

• March 16, 2002: 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.

New Books

• Atonement - Ian McEwan[?]
• Beach House[?] - James Patterson[?]
• Bel Canto[?] - Ann Patchett[?]
• Bohemian Paris: Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse, and the Birth of Modern Art[?] - Dan Franck[?] & Cynthia Liebow[?]
• The Bridge at No Gun Ri: A Hidden Chapter from the Korean War[?] - Charles J. Hanley[?] , Sang-Hun Choe[?], & Martha Mendoza[?]
• By the Light of the Moon[?] - Dean R. Koontz
• Coastliners[?] - Joanne Harris
• Le Concile de pierre[?] - Jean-Christophe Grangé[?]
• The Cottage[?] - Danielle Steel
• The Crimson Petal and the White[?] - Michel Faber[?]
• The Emperor of Ocean Park[?] - Stephen L. Carter[?]
• Face the Fire[?] - Nora Roberts[?]
• Family Matters[?] - Rohinton Mistry
• The Girl with the Pearl Earring[?] - Tracy Chevalier[?]
• Grave Secrets[?] - Kathy Reichs[?]
• Hard Eight[?] - Janet Evanovich[?]
• Heart of a Soldier[?] - James B. Stewart[?]
• In Search of America[?] - Peter Jennings[?]
• The Last Crossing[?] - Guy Vanderhaeghe[?]
• Lucky Man[?] - Michael J. Fox
• Les Ombres errantes[?] - Pascal Quignard[?]
• The Lovely Bones[?] - Alice Sebold[?]
• Modigliani & the Artists of Montparnasse[?] - Kenneth Wayne[?]
• One Door Away from Heaven[?] - Dean R. Koontz
• Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World - Margaret Olwen Macmillan[?] & Richard Holbrooke[?]
• Prey[?] - Michael Crichton
• The Secret Life of Bees[?] - Sue Monk Kidd[?]
• The Shelters of Stone[?] - Jean M. Auel[?]
• The Story of Lucy Gault[?] - William Trevor[?]
• The Summons[?] - John Grisham
• Unless[?] - Carol Shields
• Vitals[?] - Greg Bear
• Vivir para contarla[?] (autobiography) - Gabriel García Márquez
• White Oleander[?] - Janet Fitch[?]

Births

Deaths

• May 17 - Dave Berg (81), cartoonist for Mad Magazine
• June 20 - Timothy Findley (71), Canadian author
• July 23 - Chaim Potok, novelist

Awards

• Booker Prize: Yann Martel, The Life of Pi
• Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Austin Clarke -The Polished Hoe
• Newberry 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
• 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