2002 in literature

See also: 2001 in literature, other events of 2002, 2003 in literature, list of years in literature.

New Books

• Vivir para contarla, by Gabriel García Márquez, (autobiography)
• Atonement - Ian McEwan
• The Summons - John Grisham
• The Story of Lucy Gault - William Trevor
• The Cottage - Danielle Steel
• Family Matters - Rohinton Mistry
• Coastliners - Joanne Harris
• Unless - Carol Shields
• The Crimson Petal and the White - Michel Faber
• The Last Crossing - Guy Vanderhaeghe
• The Bridge at No Gun Ri: A Hidden Chapter from the Korean War - Charles J. Hanley , Sang-Hun Choe, & Martha Mendoza

Deaths

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

Awards

• Nobel Prize for Literature: Imre Kertész
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Richard Russo, Empire Falls
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Carl Dennis, Practical Gods
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Suzan-Lori Parks, Topdog/Underdog
• Booker Prize: Yann Martel, The Life of Pi
• Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Austin Clarke -The Polished Hoe