# 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.

## Entered the public domain in countries with life + 70 years

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. 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 |

## Entered the public domain in countries with life + 50 years

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 |

## Entering the public domain in the United States

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