2006 in public domain

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of works that entered the public domain in 2006. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.

With the exception of Belarus (Life + 50 years) and Spain (Life + 80 years for creators that died before 1987), a work enters the public domain in Europe 70 years after the creator's death, if it was published during the creator's lifetime.^[1][2] The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on January 1, 2006.

Names	Country	Birth	Death	Occupation	Notable work
Lewis Grassic Gibbon	United Kingdom	13 February 1901	7 February 1935	novelist.	A Scots Quair, Spartacus
Ioan Bianu	Romania	1856	13 February 1935	philologist and bibliographer.	Bibliografia Românească veche (1508–1830), Catalogul manuscriselor românești din Biblioteca Academiei
Vernon Lee	United Kingdom	14 October 1856	13 February 1935	writer of supernatural fiction, essayist on aesthetics.	Studies of the Eighteenth Century in Italy, Euphorion: Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance
Tsubouchi Shōyō	Japan	22 May 1859	28 February 1935	playwright, novelist, translator	Kiri Hitoha (A Paulownia Leaf), Hototogisu Kojō no Rakugetsu (The Sinking Moon over the Lonely Castle Where the Cuckoo Cries)
Edwin Arlington Robinson	United States	22 December 1869	6 April 1935	playwright, poet	Children of The Night, The Man Who Died Twice
Anna Katharine Green	United States	11 November 1846	11 April 1935	detective novelist, poet	The Leavenworth Case, Marked "Personal"
Panait Istrati	Romania	10 August 1884	16 April 1935	short story writer	Les Récits d'Adrien Zograffi (The Stories of Adrian Zografi), Adolescence d'Adrien Zograffi (Adolescence of Adrian Zografi)
T. E. Lawrence	United Kingdom	16 August 1888	19 May 1935	autobiographer	Seven Pillars of Wisdom, The Mint
Kaitarō Hasegawa	Japan	17 January 1900	29 June 1935	novelist, translator	Jappu shobai orai (A Jap Businessman's Guide), Tange Sazen
George William Russell	Ireland	10 April 1867	17 July 1935	poet, painter, literary critic, writer on mysticism	Candle of Vision: Autobiography of a Mystic, The National Being: Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity
William Watson	United Kingdom	2 August 1858	11 August 1935	poet	The Purple East: A Series Of Sonnets On England's Desertion of Armenia, The Superhuman Antagonists and Other Poems
Charlotte Perkins Gilman	United States	3 July 1860	17 August 1935	novelist, short story writer, magazine editor	The Yellow Wallpaper, Herland
Henri Barbusse	France	17 May 1873	30 August 1935	novelist, short story writer, poet	Under Fire, Hell
Iván Persa	Slovenia	2 April 1861	26 September 1935	religious writer	Od vnouge i velke miloscse i pomoucsi szvétoga skapulera
Winifred Holtby	United Kingdom	2 April 1898	29 September 1935	novelist, poet, non-fiction writer	South Riding, Women and a changing civilization
Steele Rudd	Australia	14 November 1868	11 October 1935	short story writer, novelist	On Our Selection, The Romance of Runnibede
Ella Loraine Dorsey	United States	2 March 1853	3 November 1935	writer of young adult fiction, translator, encyclopedia contributor	The Knickerbocker Ghost, The Tsar's Horses
Mary R. P. Hatch	United States	19 June 1848	28 November 1935	novelist, poet	The Upland mystery : a tragedy of New England, The bank tragedy : a novel
Louise Manning Hodgkins	United States	5 August 1846	28 November 1935	educational writer, editor, historian on religious history	A Guide to the study of nineteenth century authors, Via Christi : an introduction to the study of missions
Mary G. Charlton Edholm	United States	28 October 1854	29 November 1935	journalist, editor, non-fiction writer on sex trafficking	The Traffic in Girls and Florence Crittenton Missions, Shall our Women Vote?
Fernando Pessoa	Portugal	13 June 1888	30 November 1935	poet, literary critic, translator, philosopher	Mensagem, The Book of Disquiet
Stanley G. Weinbaum	United States	4 April 1902	14 December 1935	science fiction writer	A Martian Odyssey, Valley of Dreams
Lizette Woodworth Reese	United States	9 January 1856	17 December 1935	poet	A Victorian Village: Reminiscences of Other Days, The Old House in the Country
Kurt Tucholsky	Germany	9 January 1890	21 December 1935	political writer, satirist, essayist	Rheinsberg, Schloss Gripsholm
Clarence Day	United States	18 November 1874	28 December 1935	comic writer, cartoonist	Life with Father, God and my Father

In most countries of Africa and Asia, as well as Belarus, Bolivia, Canada, New Zealand, Egypt and Uruguay; a work enters the public domain 50 years after the creator's death.

Names	Country	Birth	Death	Occupation	Notable work
Saadat Hasan Manto	Pakistan	11 May 1912	18 January 1955	playwright, novelist, short story writer, essayist	Toba Tek Singh, Thanda Gosht
Robert P. T. Coffin	United States	18 March 1892	20 January 1955	poet, literary critic, editor	The Dukes of Buckingham, Playboys of the Stuart World, Red Sky in the Morning
Paul Claudel	France	6 August 1868	23 February 1955	poet, dramatist	The Satin Slipper, Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin	France	1 May 1881	10 April 1955	paleontologist, philosopher, theologian	The Phenomenon of Man, Writings in Time of War
James Agee	United States	27 November 1909	16 May 1955	novelist, screenwriter, film critic	A Death in the Family, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Joseph Jefferson Farjeon	United Kingdom	4 June 1883	6 June 1955	crime novelist, mystery writer, playwright, screenwriter	Number 17, The Z Murders
Constance Holme	United Kingdom	7 October 1880	17 June 1955	novelist, playwright	The Old Road from Spain, The Wisdom of the Simple and Other Stories
Adrienne Monnier	France	26 April 1892	19 June 1955	modernist writer, publisher, translator	Souvenirs de Londres (Memories of London), Rue de l'Odéon
Roger Mais	Jamaica	11 August 1905	21 June 1955	novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright	The Hills Were Joyful Together, Brother Man
Gilbert Cannan	United Kingdom	25 June 1884	30 June 1955	novelist, dramatist	The Release of the Soul, Windmills: A Book of Fables
Beatrice Chase	United Kingdom	5 July 1874	3 July 1955	novelist, religious writer, photographer	The Voice of the River, The Heart of the Moor
Charles Shaw	Australia	10 August 1900	1 August 1955	detective novelist, short story writer	Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, You're Wrong, Delaney
Wallace Stevens	United States	2 October 1879	2 August 1955	modernist poet	Harmonium, The Man with the Blue Guitar
Thomas Mann	Germany	6 June 1875	12 August 1955	novelist, short story writer, essayist	Buddenbrooks, Doctor Faustus
Herbert Putnam	United States	20 September 1861	14 August 1955	librarian	Putnam Classification System
Hong Shen	China	31 December 1894	29 August 1955	playwright, film director, screenwriter, drama theorist	Yama Zhao, The Young Mistress's Fan
Mary Tracy Earle	United States	21 October 1864	7 September 1955	short story writer, essayist, librarian	The Wonderful Wheel, Through Old Rose Glasses
Robert Riskin	United States	30 March 1897	20 September 1955	playwright, screenwriter	Bless You, Sister, Many a Slip
José Ortega y Gasset	Spain	9 May 1883	18 October 1955	philosopher, essayist	The Revolt of the Masses, The Dehumanization of Art and Other Essays on Art, Culture, and Literature
Dale Carnegie	United States	24 November 1888	18 October 1955	writer on self-help	How to Win Friends and Influence People, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Tin Ujević	Croatia	5 July 1891	12 November 1955	poet, essayist	Mrsko Ja (Hateful Me), Ispit savjesti (Examination of Conscience)
Ruby M. Ayres	United Kingdom	28 January 1881	14 November 1955	romance novelist, screenwriter	Richard Chatterton, V.C., Castles in Spain
Robert E. Sherwood	United States	4 April 1896	14 November 1955	playwright, screenwriter	Waterloo Bridge, Idiot's Delight
Al. T. Stamatiad	Romania	9 May 1885	December 1955	Symbolist poet, short story writer, dramatist, translator	Noapte, (Night), Cetatea cu porțile închise

In the United States, the copyright status of works extends for the life of the author or artists, plus 70 years.^[3][4] If the work is owned by a corporation, then the copyright extends 95 years.^[5]

Due to the passing of the Copyright Term Extension Act (Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) in 1998, no new works would enter the public domain in this jurisdiction until 2019.^[6]

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