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 ^[1]
• Eugenius of Palermo (born 1130), amiratus (admiral), translator, and poet
• Gaucelm Faidit (born 1170), Occitan troubadour (approx.) ^[2]
• Jakuren (born 1139), Japanese Buddhist priest and poet ^[3]

References

1. "Alain de Lille". Britannica. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
2. Adams, Edward L. "Biographies des Troubadours: Textes provençaux des XIIIe et XIVe siècles". Speculum. 26 (3): 491–492. doi:10.2307/2850871. ISSN   0038-7134.
3. kanshū Edowin O Raishawā, Katō Ichirō ... (1992). Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan. Tokyo: Kodansha. p. 647. ISBN   4-06-205938-X.