2026 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2026.

Anniversaries

• 10 January – Eino Leino died in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 12 January
• Jack London was born in 1876 (150th Anniversary).
• Agatha Christie died in 1976 (50th Anniversary).
• 13 January – Michael Bond was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 14 January – Mahasweta Devi was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 19 January – Hans Sachs died in 1576 (450th Anniversary).
• 24 January – E. T. A. Hoffmann was born in 1776 (250th Anniversary).
• 25 January – Joseph Görres was born in 1776 (250th Anniversary).
• 3 February – Richard Yates was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 5 February – Madame de Sévigné was born in 1626 (400th Anniversary).
• 8 February – Neal Cassady was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 9 February – Larissa Reissner died in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 16 February – Joseph Victor von Scheffel was born in 1826 (200th Anniversary).
• 20 February
• Richard Matheson was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• Alfonso Sastre was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 22 February – Zitkala-Å a was born in 1876 (150th Anniversary).
• 24 February – Erich Loest was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 3 March – Sidney Lee died in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 4 March – Léon-Paul Fargue was born in 1876 (150th Anniversary).
• 7 March – Tove Ditlevsen died in 1976 (50th Anniversary).
• 11 March – Louise d'Épinay was born in 1726 (300th Anniversary).
• 17 March – Siegfried Lenz was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 24 March – Dario Fo was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 27 March – Frank O'Hara was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 29 March – Johann Heinrich Voß died in 1826 (200th Anniversary).
• 31 March – John Fowles was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 1 April – Anne McCaffrey was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 28 April – Harper Lee was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 15 May – Anthony and Peter Shaffer were born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 21 May
• Ronald Firbank died in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• Robert Creeley was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 3 June – Allen Ginsberg was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 4 June – Ain Kaalep was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 8 June – George Sand died in 1876 (150th Anniversary).
• 19 June – Giangiacomo Feltrinelli was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 20 June – John Neal died in 1876 (150th Anniversary).
• 25 June – Ingeborg Bachmann was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 27 June – Harriet Martineau died in 1876 (150th Anniversary).
• 4 July – Thomas Jefferson died in 1826 (200th Anniversary).
• 12 July
• Max Jacob was born in 1876 (150th Anniversary).
• Gertrude Bell died in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 18 July – Elizabeth Jennings was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 6 August – Elisabeth Beresford was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 14 August – René Goscinny was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 3 September – Alison Lurie was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 13 September – Sherwood Anderson was born in 1876 (150th Anniversary).
• 14 September – Michel Butor was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 22 September – Johann Peter Hebel died in 1826 (200th Anniversary).
• 15 October
• Michel Foucault was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• Evan Hunter was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 1 November – Günter de Bruyn was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 5 November – John Berger was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 9 November – Hugh Leonard was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 11 November – Noah Gordon was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 15 November – Anna de Noailles was born in 1876 (150th Anniversary).
• 20 November – John Gardner was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 24 November – Carlo Collodi was born in 1826 (200th Anniversary).
• 25 November – Poul Anderson was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 12 December – Jean Richepin died in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 22 December – Filippo Tommaso Marinetti was born in 1876 (150th Anniversary).
• 23 December – Robert Bly was born in 1926 (100th Anniversary).
• 29 December – Rainer Maria Rilke died in 1926 (100th Anniversary).

New books

Dates after each title indicate U.S. publication, unless otherwise indicated.

Children's and young adults

Fiction

Poetry

Drama

Nonfiction

Biography and memoir

Deaths

Notes

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