2026 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2026.
Anniversaries
- 12 January
- * Jack London was born in 1876.
- * Agatha Christie died in 1976.
- 13 January – Michael Bond was born in 1926.
- 14 January – Mahasweta Devi was born in 1926.
- 19 January – Hans Sachs died in 1576.
- 24 January – E. T. A. Hoffmann was born in 1776.
- 25 January – Joseph Görres was born in 1776.
- 3 February – Richard Yates was born in 1926.
- 8 February – Neal Cassady was born in 1926.
- 20 February
- * Richard Matheson was born in 1926.
- * Alfonso Sastre was born in 1926.
- 24 February – Erich Loest was born in 1926.
- 4 March – Léon-Paul Fargue was born in 1876.
- 17 March – Siegfried Lenz was born in 1926.
- 24 March – Dario Fo was born in 1926.
- 27 March – Frank O'Hara was born in 1926.
- 31 March – John Fowles was born in 1926.
- 1 April – Anne McCaffrey was born in 1926.
- 28 April – Harper Lee was born in 1926.
- 8 June – George Sand died in 1876.
- 27 June – Harriet Martineau died in 1876.
- 12 July – Max Jacob was born in 1876.
- 13 September – Sherwood Anderson was born in 1876.
- 14 September – Michel Butor was born in 1926.
- 15 October – Michel Foucault was born in 1926.
- 15 November – Anna de Noailles was born in 1876.
- 22 December – Filippo Tommaso Marinetti was born in 1876.