1202 in poetry explained

Events

• Nizami Ganjavi completes Eskandar Nameh, a romance of Alexander the Great

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