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Overview of the events of 2002 in literature
Overview of the events of 2002 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2002 .
Events
New books
Fiction
Children and young people
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Films
Deaths
January 12 –
Lady Violet Powell , British critic and biographer (born
1912 )
January 17 –
Camilo José Cela , Nobel-winningSpanish writer (born
1916 )
[9]
January 28 –
Astrid Lindgren , Swedish children's author (born
1907 )
[10]
February 8 –
Joachim Hoffmann , German historian (born
1930 )
February 21 –
A. L. Barker , English novelist (born
1918 )
February 27 –
Spike Milligan , Indian-born British-Irish comedian, screenwriter and poet (born
1918 )
[11]
March 21 –
Thomas Flanagan , American historical novelist (born
1923 )
April 6 –
Martin Sperr , German dramatist (born
1944 )
April 24 –
Ismith Khan , Trinidad-born novelist (born
1925 )
[12]
April 27 –
George Alec Effinger , American science fiction author (born
1947 )
[13]
May 6 –
Pim Fortuyn , Dutch political columnist and writer (born
1948 )
May 17 –
Dave Berg , American cartoonist (born
1920 )
May 20 –
Stephen J. Gould , American paleontologist, biologist and writer (born
1941 )
June 2 –
Flora Lewis , American journalist (born
1922 )
June 13 –
R. W. B. Lewis , American critic (born
1917 )
June 20
June 24 –
John Kincaid McNeillie (also Ian Niall), Scottish novelist and non-fiction writer (born
1916 )
July 23 –
Chaim Potok , American writer (born
1929 )
[14]
August 25 –
Dorothy Hewett , Australian poet and playwright (born
1923 )
September 17 –
Eileen Colwell , English children's librarian (born
1904 )
[15]
September 20 –
Joan Littlewood , English theatre director and biographer (born
1914 )
[16]
October 13 –
Stephen E. Ambrose , American historian and biographer (born
1936 )
October 21 –
Harbhajan Singh , Indian Punjabi poet and critic (born
1920 )
October 27 –
Sesto Pals , Romanian Israeli poet and philosopher (cancer, born ca.
1912 )
October 28 –
Sugathapala de Silva , Sri Lankan dramatist, novelist and translator writing in Sinhalese (born
1928 )
November 8 –
Jon Elia , Pakistani poet and philosopher writing in Urdu (born
1931 )
December 12 –
Dee Brown , American novelist and historian (born
1908 )
[17]
December 24 –
Kjell Aukrust , Norwegian author, poet and artist (born
1920 )
[18]
Awards
Australia
Canada
France
United Kingdom
Booker Prize :
Yann Martel ,
Life of Pi
Caine Prize for African Writing :
Binyavanga Wainaina , "Discovering Home"
Carnegie Medal for
children's literature :
Sharon Creech ,
Ruby Holler
[21]
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
National Book Award for Fiction :
Julia Glass ,
Three Junes
National Book Critics Circle Award :
Ian McEwan ,
Atonement
Newbery Medal for
children's literature :
Linda Sue Park ,
A Single Shard
[22]
PEN/Faulkner Award 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
Wallace Stevens Award :
Ruth Stone
Whiting Awards :
Fiction:
Jeffery Renard Allen ,
Justin Cronin ,
Kim Edwards ,
Michelle Huneven ,
Danzy Senna
Plays:
Melissa James Gibson ,
Evan Smith
Poetry:
Elizabeth Arnold ,
David Gewanter ,
Joshua Weiner
Other
Notes
Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2nd ed.). Oxford. University Press.
ISBN
9780198715542 .
References
^
"C-SPAN Restarts 'American Writers' – 2002-03-25 00:00:00 | Multichannel News" . Multichannel.com. Retrieved 2012-01-29 .
^
"Tilting At Victory, 'Quixote' Tops Authors' Poll" . New York Times . May 8, 2002. Retrieved 16 January 2021 .
^ Hahn 2015, p. 609
^ Hahn 2015, p. 217
^ Levy, Michael; Mendlesohn, Farah (21 April 2016).
Children's Fantasy Literature . Cambridge University Press. p. 170.
ISBN
978-1-107-01814-3 .
^ Olson, Danel (2011).
21st-century Gothic: Great Gothic Novels Since 2000 . Scarecrow Press. p. 523.
ISBN
978-0-8108-7728-3 .
^ Hahn 2015, p. 631
^ Faculty of Arts, 2003,
Edna Staebler Award
Archived 2014-06-06 at
Archive-It , Wilfrid Laurier University , Previous winners, Alison Watt, Retrieved 11/27/2012
^ Michael Eaude (18 January 2002).
"Camilo José Cela" . The Guardian . Retrieved 16 January 2021 .
^
"Astrid Lindgren Dies at 94" . The Washington Post . 29 January 2002.
^
"Spike Milligan dies at 83" . The Guardian . 27 February 2002. Retrieved 16 January 2021 .
^
"Ismith Khan, 77, Author and Teacher" . The New York Times . 3 May 2002. Retrieved 20 May 2019 .
^
"George Effinger, 55, Who Laced Science Fiction With Dark Humor" . New York Times . May 2, 2002.
^ Eric Homberger (31 July 2002).
"Chaim Potok" . The Guardian . Retrieved 16 January 2021 .
^ Stephenson, Chris (September 25, 2002).
"Eileen Colwell Gifted storyteller and creative pioneer of children's libraries" . the guardian . Retrieved 7 March 2015 .
^
"Obituary: Joan Littlewood" . The Scotsman . Archived from
the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2018 .
^ Christopher Reed (17 December 2002).
"Dee Brown" . The Guardian . Retrieved 16 January 2021 .
^
"Kjell Aukrust" . Norsk Kunstnerleksikon . 20 February 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2021 .
^ Faculty of Arts, 2002,
Edna Staebler Award
Archived 2014-06-06 at
Archive-It , Wilfrid Laurier University , Previous winners, Tom Allen, Retrieved 11/26/2012
^
"Book of literary shadows wins Goncourt prize" . The Guardian . 28 October 2002. Retrieved 16 January 2021 .
^ Hahn 2015, p. 661
^ Hahn 2015, p. 658