1202 in poetry

Events

 * Nizami Ganjavi completes Eskandar Nameh, a romance of Alexander the Great
 * Peter of Blois resigns as Dean of St Peter's Collegiate Church

Deaths

 * Hammad al-Harrani (born unknown), Muslim scholar, poet, merchant and traveler
 * Alain de Lille (born 1128), French theologian and poet, writing in Latin
 * Eugenius of Palermo (born 1130), amiratus (admiral), translator, and poet
 * Gaucelm Faidit (born 1170), Occitan troubadour (approx.)
 * Jakuren (born 1139), Japanese Buddhist priest and poet