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2026 in public domain

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When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of creators whose works enter the public domain in 2026. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform.

Entering the public domain in countries with life + 70 years

{{See also|2006 in public domain#Entered the public domain in countries with life + 50 years|label 1=Works that entered the public domain in countries with life + 50 years in 2006}}

With the exception of Belarus (Life + 50 years) and Spain (which has a copyright term of 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. For previously unpublished material, those who publish it first will have the publication rights for 25 years. 2026 marks the first year since 2006 that works will enter the public domain in Australia, which changed its copyright term length from a "plus 50" law to a "plus 70" law in 2004.{{cite web |title=How long does copyright last? {{!}} National Library of Australia |url=https://www.nla.gov.au/how-long-does-copyright-last |website=www.nla.gov.au |accessdate=10 June 2020}} The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on 1 January 2026.

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!Names

!Country

!Birth

!Death

!Occupation

!Notable work

{{interlanguage link|Fik Abbing|nl}}

|{{flag|Netherlands}}

|{{dts|1901|05|8|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|08|12|format=dmy}}

|Painter, Illustrator

|Works

James Agee

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1909|11|27|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|05|16|format=dmy}}

|Novelist, Journalist, Poet, Screenwriter

|A Death in the Family

Silvio D'Amico

|{{flag|Italy}}

|{{dts|1887|02|03|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|04|01|format=dmy}}

| Theatre theorist

|

Ruby M. Ayres

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|1881|01|28|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|11|14|format=dmy}}

|Romance novelist

|Bibliography

Johannes Baader

|{{flag|Germany}}

|{{dts|1875|06|21|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|01|14|format=dmy}}

|Writer, Artist, Architect

|

Lloyd Bacon

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1889|12|04|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|11|15|format=dmy}}

|Actor, Film director

|Filmography as director

| {{interlanguage link|Guido Battelli|de}}

|{{flag|Italy}}

|{{dts|1869|09|24|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|04|13|format=dmy}}

|Writer

|Works

Dale Carnegie

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1888|11|24|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|11|01|format=dmy}}

|Writer

|How to Win Friends and Influence People

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

|{{flag|France}}

|{{dts|1881|05|01|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|04|10|format=dmy}}

|Jesuit priest, Scientist, Paleontologist, Theologian, Philosopher

|The Phenomenon of Man

{{interlanguage link|Eugenio Cirese|it}}

|{{flag|Italy}}

|{{dts|1884|02|21|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|02|08|format=dmy}}

|Poet

|Works

Paul Claudel

|{{flag|France}}

|{{dts|1868|08|06|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|02|23|format=dmy}}

|Poet, Dramatist

|Works

Donald Corley

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1886|06|08|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|12|11|format=dmy}}

|Short story author, illustrator, architect

|

{{interlanguage link|Alfredo Cuscinà|it}}

|{{flag|Italy}}

|{{dts|1881|11|30|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|03|30|format=dmy}}

|Composer

|Main operettas

William C. deMille

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1878|07|25|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|03|05|format=dmy}}

|Screenwriter, Film director

|Filmography

Isaak Dunayevsky

|{{flag|Russia}}

|{{dts|1900|01|30|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|07|25|format=dmy}}

|Composer

|Compositions

Albert Einstein

|{{flag|Germany}}
{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1879|03|14|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|04|18|format=dmy}}

|Theoretical physicist

|Scientific publications, The Evolution of Physics, The Meaning of Relativity

George Enescu

|{{flag|Romania}}

|{{dts|1881|08|19|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|05|04|format=dmy}}

|Composer

|Compositions

Concha Espina

|{{flag|Spain}}

|{{dts|1879|04|15|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|05|19|format=dmy}}

|Writer

|Bibliography

Émile Fabre

|{{flag|France}}

|{{dts|1869|03|24|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|09|25|format=dmy}}

| Playwright

|Plays

Joseph Jefferson Farjeon

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|1883|06|04|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|06|06|format=dmy}}

|Novelist, Playwright, Screenwriter

|Works

Alexander Fleming

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1881|08|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1955|03|11|format=dmy}}

| Physician

|

José Ortega y Gasset

|{{flag|Spain}}

|{{dts|1883|05|09|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|10|18|format=dmy}}

|Philosopher, Essayist

|Works

Rodolfo Graziani

|{{flag|Italy}}

|{{dts|1882|08|11|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|01|11|format=dmy}}

|General

|Books

Arthur Honegger

|{{flag|Switzerland}}

|{{dts|1892|03|10|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|11|27|format=dmy}}

|Composer

|Compositions

Clemence Housman

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|1861|11|23|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|12|06|format=dmy}}

|Author

|

María Izquierdo

|{{flag|Mexico}}

|{{dts|1902|10|30|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|12|2|format=dmy}}

|Painter

|

Jaime Ovalle

|{{flag|Brazil}}

|{{dts|1894|08|05|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|09|09|format=dmy}}

|Composer

|Works

James P. Johnson

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1894|02|01|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|11|17|format=dmy}}

|Composer, pianist

|Charleston

Fernand Léger

|{{flag|France}}

|{{dts|1881|02|04|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|08|17|format=dmy}}

|Painter, Sculptor, Filmmaker

|

Thomas Mann

|{{flag|Germany}}

|{{dts|1875|06|06|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|08|12|format=dmy}}

|Writer, Philanthropist, Essayist

|Works

Francesco Balilla Pratella

|{{flag|Italy}}

|{{dts|1880|02|01|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|05|17|format=dmy}}

|Composer

|Selected Works

Max Pechstein

|{{flag|Germany}}

|{{dts|1881|12|31|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|06|29|format=dmy}}

|Painter

|

Robert Riskin

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1897|03|30|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|09|20|format=dmy}}

|Screenwriter, Playwright

|Filmography

Nat Schachner

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1895|01|16|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|10|02|format=dmy}}

|Author and biographer

|Space Lawyer

Robert E. Sherwood

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1896|04|04|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|11|14|format=dmy}}

|Screenwriter, Playwright

|

Nicolas de Staël

|{{flag|France}}

|{{dts|1914|01|05|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|03|16|format=dmy}}

|Painter

|

Al. T. Stamatiad

|{{flag|Romania}}

|{{dts|1885|05|09|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|12|format=dmy}}

|Poet, Short story writer, Dramatist

|

Wallace Stevens

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1879|10|02|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|08|02|format=dmy}}

|Poet

|The Auroras of Autumn

Yves Tanguy

|{{flag|France}}

|{{dts|1900|01|05|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|01|15|format=dmy}}

|Painter

|Paintings

Yevgeny Tarle

|{{flag|Russia}}

|{{dts|1874|10|27|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|01|06|format=dmy}}

|Historian

|Napoleon's Invasion of Russia, 1812

Tin Ujević

|{{flag|Croatia}}

|{{dts|1891|07|05|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|11|12|format=dmy}}

|Poet

|Works

Maurice Utrillo

|{{flag|France}}

|{{dts|1883|12|26|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|11|05|format=dmy}}

|Painter

|

{{ill|Edouard Verschaffelt|fr}}

|{{flag|Belgium}}

|{{dts|1874

|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955

|format=dmy}}

|Painter

|

Anwar Wagdi

|{{flag|Egypt}}

|{{dts|1904|10|11|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|5|14|format=dmy}}

|Director

|The Flirtation of Girls

Léon Werth

|{{flag|France}}

|{{dts|1878|02|17|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|12|13|format=dmy}}

| Writer

|Books

Hermann Weyl

|{{flag|Germany}}

|{{dts|1885|11|09|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1955|12|08|format=dmy}}

|Mathematician, Theoretical physicist, Philosopher

|Bibliography

Entering the public domain in countries with life + 80 years

{{See also|2016_in_public_domain#Authors_entering_the_public_domain_70_years_after_death|label 1=Works that entered the public domain in countries with life + 70 years in 2016}}

Spain has a copyright term of life + 80 years for creators that died before 1987. In Colombia and Equatorial Guinea, a work enters the public domain 80 years after the creator's death. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator that entered the public domain on 1 January 2026.

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! Names

! Country

! Birth

! Death

! Occupation

! Notable work

Achmed Abdullah

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1881|05|12|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1945|05|12|format=dmy}}

|Pulp writer and screenwriter

|

Nikola Avramov

|{{flag|Bulgaria}}

|{{dts|1897|05|21|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1945|06|15|format=dmy}}

|Still life paintings

|

Milena Pavlović-Barili

| {{flag|Serbia}}

| {{dts|1909|11|05|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|03|06|format=dmy}}

| Painter, poet

|

Maurice Baring

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1874|04|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|12|14|format=dmy}}

| Writer

|

Béla Bartók

| {{flag|Hungary}}

| {{dts|1881|03|25|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|09|26|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Concerto for Orchestra

Robert Benchley

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1889|09|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|11|21|format=dmy}}

| Humorist

| newspaper and magazine columns

Henry Bellamann

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1882|04|28|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1945|06|16|format=dmy}}

|Writer

|Kings Row

Ursula Bethell

| {{flag|New Zealand}}

| {{dts|1874|10|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|01|15|format=dmy}}

| Poet

| Collected poetry

Vilhelms Bokslafs

| {{flag|Latvia}}
{{flag|Russian Empire}}

| {{dts|1858|10|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|03|09|format=dmy}}

| Architect

| Most notable buildings are Jaunmokas Manor near Tukums and Commercial school in Riga (now Art Academy of Latvia)

Nicola Bombacci

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1879|10|24|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|04|28|format=dmy}}

| Marxist-Fascist journalist

|Il mio pensiero sul bolscevismo (1941),
I contadini nella Russia di Stalin (1942),
I contadini nell'Italia di Mussolini (1943)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1906|02|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|04|09|format=dmy}}

| Theologian

Robert Brasillach

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1909|03|31|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|02|06|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Je suis partout

Miles J. Breuer

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1889|01|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|10|14|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| "The Gostak and the Doshes" (1930) and other science fiction stories

Fritz Brupbacher

| {{flag|Switzerland}}

| {{dts|1874|06|30|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|01|01|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Der Sinn des Lebens

Thomas Burke

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1886|11|29|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|11|22|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Limehouse Nights

Alexander Stirling Calder

| {{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1870|01|11|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1945|01|07|format=dmy}}

| Sculptor

| George Washington as President

David Young Cameron

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1865|06|28|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|09|16|format=dmy}}

| Artist

|

Franklin Carmichael

| {{flag|Canada}}

| {{dts|1890|05|05|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|10|24|format=dmy}}

| Artist

|

Benjamin De Casseres

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1873|04|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|12|07|format=dmy}}

| Journalist, poet

| The Shadow-Eater

Anica Černej

| {{flag|Slovenia}}

| {{dts|1900|04|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|05|03|format=dmy}}

| Author, poet

|

John R. Commons

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1862|10|13|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|05|11|format=dmy}}

| Economist

| Institutional Economics

Margaret Deland

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1856|02|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|01|13|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| John Ward, Preacher

Mário de Andrade

| {{flag|Brazil}}

| {{dts|1893|10|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|02|25|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Macunaíma

Robert Desnos

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1900|07|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|06|08|format=dmy}}

| Poet

|

Maurice Donnay

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1859|10|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|03|31|format=dmy}}

| Dramatist

|

Lord Alfred Douglas

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1859|06|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|03|20|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Two Loves

Theodore Dreiser

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1871|08|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|12|28|format=dmy}}

| Writer, journalist

| Sister Carrie, An American Tragedy

E. R. Eddison

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1882|11|24|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|08|18|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The Worm Ouroboros

Gus Edwards

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1879|08|18|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|11|07|format=dmy}}

| Songwriter

| "By the Light of the Silvery Moon", "In My Merry Oldsmobile"

Eleanor Fortescue-Brigdale

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|1871

|{{dts|1945|03|10|format=dmy}}

|Artist

|The Uninvited Guest, Riches

Anne Frank

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1929|06|12|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|02

format=dmy}}

| Diarist

| The Diary of a Young Girl

Øvre Richter Frich

|{{flag|Norway}}

|{{dts|1872|03|24|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1945|05|13|format=dmy}}

|Writer, journalist

|

David Lloyd George

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1863|01|17|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|03|26|format=dmy}}

| Politician

| The Truth About The Peace Treaty, War Memoirs

Zinaida Gippius

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1869|11|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|09|09|format=dmy}}

| Writer, poet

|

Joseph Goebbels

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1897|10|29|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|05|01|format=dmy}}

| Politician

|Goebbels Diaries

Adolf Hitler

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1889|04|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|04|30|format=dmy}}

| Politician, Dictator of Nazi Germany

| Mein Kampf, Hitlers Zweites Buch

Suphi Nuri İleri

| {{flag|Turkey}}

| 1887

| 1945

| Writer

|

Ljubomir Ivanović

| {{flag|Serbia}}

| {{dts|1882|02|24|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|11|23|format=dmy}}

| Printmaker, draughtsman

|

Malcolm Jameson

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1891|12|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|04|16|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Writer for American pulp magazines during the Golden Age of Science Fiction

Joseph Jastrow

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1863|01|30|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|01|08|format=dmy}}

| Psychologist

|

Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski

| {{flag|Poland}}

| {{dts|1885|02|24|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|08|08|format=dmy}}

| Writer, journalist

|

Osman Cemal Kaygılı

| {{flag|Turkey}}

| {{dts|1879|10|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|01|09|format=dmy}}

| Writer

|

Carl Wilhelm Kern

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1874|06|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|08|19|format=dmy}}

| Composer

|

Käthe Kollwitz

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1867|07|08|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|04|22|format=dmy}}

| Artist

| The Prisoners

Julius Korngold

| {{flag|Austria}}

| {{dts|1860|12|24|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|09|25|format=dmy}}

| Music critic

|

{{Interlanguage link multi|Jaroslav Kratochvil (writer)|cs|3=Jaroslav Kratochvíl (spisovatel)|lt=Jaroslav Kratochvil}}

| {{flag|Czech Republic}}

| {{dts|1885|01|17|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|03|20|format=dmy}}

| Writer

|

René Lalique

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1860|04|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|05|01|format=dmy}}

| Glass designer

|

Else Lasker-Schüler

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1869|02|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|01|22|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| poetry and plays

James Leatham{{cite book |last=Crick |first=Martin |date=1994 |page=311 |title=The History of the Social-Democratic Federation |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=978-1-85331-091-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eea_kByVYsoC&pg=PA311}}

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1865|12|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|12|14|format=dmy}}

| Writer, printer, publisher

|

Jonas Lie

| {{flag|Norway}}

| {{dts|1899|12|31|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|05|11|format=dmy}}

| Writer, minister

|

David Lindsay

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1876|03|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|07|16|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| A Voyage to Arcturus

August Lösch

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1906|10|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|05|30|format=dmy}}

| Economist

| Die räumliche Ordnung der Wirtschaft

Eoin MacNeill

|{{flag|Ireland}}

| {{dts|1867|05|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|10|15|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Phases of Irish History

Tobias Matthay

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1858|02|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|12|15|format=dmy}}

| Teacher, pianist, composer

| writings on piano playing

{{Interlanguage link multi|Arthur Mendel (painter)|ro|3=Arthur Mendel|lt=Arthur Mendel}}

| {{flag|Romania}}

| 1872

| 1945

| Painter

|

Régis Messac

| {{flag|France}}

| {{dts|1893|08|02|format=dmy}}

| 1945

| Writer, poet, translator

|

James V. Monaco

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1885|01|13|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|10|16|format=dmy}}

| Songwriter

| "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)"

Arthur Morrison

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1863|11|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|12|04|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| A Child of the Jago

Benito Mussolini

| {{flag|Italy}}

| {{dts|1883|7|29|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|4|28|format=dmy}}

| Politician

| My Autobiography

Moritz Nähr

| {{flag|Austria}}

| {{dts|1859|08|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|06|29|format=dmy}}

| Photographer

|

Alla Nazimova

| {{flag|Russia}}
{{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1879|06|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|07|13|format=dmy}}

| Writer, actor

|

{{Interlanguage link multi|Dobri Nemirov|bg|3=Добри Немиров}}

| {{flag|Bulgaria}}

| {{dts|1882|02|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|09|30|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| When I was young

Otto Neurath

| {{flag|Austria}}

| {{dts|1882|12|10|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|12|22|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Anti-Spengler

Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen

|{{flag|Denmark}}

| {{dts|1863|6|21|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|2|21|format=dmy}}

| Sculptor

| Equestrian Statue of King Christian IX, Copenhagen

Charles Gilman Norris

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1881|04|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|07|25|format=dmy}}

| Writer, playwright

| Salt (1919)

George S. Patton

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1885|11|11|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|12|21|format=dmy}}

| General

| War As I Knew it

{{ill|Harry Pease|de}}

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1886|09|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1944|11|08|format=dmy}}

| Songwriter

|

Calel Perechodnik

| {{flag|Poland}}

| {{dts|1916|09|08|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|09|format=dmy}}

| Diarist

|

Ion Pillat

| {{flag|Romania}}

| {{dts|1891|03|31|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|04|17|format=dmy}}

| Poet

| Pe Argeș în sus, Poeme într-un vers

Karel Poláček

| {{flag|Czech Republic}}

| {{dts|1892|03|22|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|01|21|format=dmy}}

| Writer

|

Vilhelms Purvītis

| {{flag|Latvia}}
{{flag|Russian Empire}}

| {{dts|1872|03|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|01|14|format=dmy}}

| Landscape painter and educator

|

Ernö Rapée

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1891|06|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|06|26|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| silent film music

Edward Prosser Rhys

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1901|03|04|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|02|06|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Cerddi Prosser Rhys

Albert Richards

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1919|12|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|03|05|format=dmy}}

| Artist

| Artwork produced during the Second World War about the British war effort

Alexander Roda Roda

| {{flag| Austria}}

| {{dts|1872|04|13|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|08|20|format=dmy}}

| Writer

|

Hando Ruus

| {{flag|Estonia}}

| {{dts|1917|05|16|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|03|31|format=dmy}}

| Military captain, artist

|

Felix Salten

| {{flag|Austria}}

| {{dts|1869|09|06|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|10|08|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Bambi. Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde

Alexander Siloti

| {{flag|Ukraine}}

| {{dts|1863|10|09|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|12|08|format=dmy}}

| Pianist, composer

|

Kārlis Skalbe

| {{flag|Latvia}}
{{flag|Russian Empire}}

| {{dts|1879|11|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|04|14|format=dmy}}

| Writer, poet, and activist

|

{{Interlanguage link multi|Paul Smărăndescu|ro}}

| {{flag|Romania}}

| {{dts|1881|06|26|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|01|12|format=dmy}}

| Architect

|

Antal Szerb

| {{flag|Hungary}}

| {{dts|1901|05|01|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|01|27|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The Pendragon Legend

Ong Schan Tchow

| {{flag|China}}

| {{dts|1900|09|19|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|12|20|format=dmy}}

| Artist

| Book of Chrysanthemums

Nikolai Tcherepnin

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1873|05|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|06|26|format=dmy}}

| Composer

|

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy

| {{flag|Russia}}

| {{dts|1873|05|15|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|06|26|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Aelita, The Garin Death Ray, The Road to Calvary

{{Interlanguage link multi|Teodor Trayanov|bg|3=Теодор Траянов}}

| {{flag|Bulgaria}}

| {{dts|1882|01|30|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|01|15|format=dmy}}

| Poet

| Song of songs, Regina Mortua, Hymns and Ballads

Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil

| {{flag|Turkey}}

| 1866

| {{dts|1945|03|27|format=dmy}}

| Writer

|

Anton Webern

| {{flag|Austria}}

| {{dts|1883|12|03|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|09|15|format=dmy}}

| Composer

|

Franz Werfel

| {{flag|Austria}}

| {{dts|1890|09|10|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|08|26|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| The Song of Bernadette

Charles Williams

| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

| {{dts|1886|09|20|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1945|05|15|format=dmy}}

| Writer

| Descent into Hell

Yun Dong-ju

|{{flag|Korea}}

|{{dts|1917|12|30|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1945|02|16|format=dmy}}

|Poet

|The Sky, the Wind, the Stars, and the Poem (하늘과 바람과 별과 시)

Ignacio Zuloaga

|{{flag|Spain}}

|{{dts|1870|07|26|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1945|06|24|format=dmy}}

|Painter

|

Entering the public domain in countries with life + 60 years

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In Bangladesh, India, and Venezuela a work enters the public domain 60 years after the creator's death.

class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="border-spacing:0; style="width:100%;"

!Names

!Country

!Birth

!Death

!Occupation

!Notable work

Ahn Eak-tai

|{{flag|South Korea}}

|{{dts|1906|12|05|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1965|09|16|format=dmy}}

|Composer

|Aegukga, Symphonic Fantasy Korea

Maria Dąbrowska

|{{flag|Poland}}

|{{dts|1889|10|06|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1965|05|19|format=dmy}}

|Writer

|

T. S. Eliot

|{{flag|United Kingdom}},
{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1888|09|26|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1965|01|04|format=dmy}}

|Poet, Essayist, Playwright

|Works

Park Su-geun

|{{flag|South Korea}}

|{{dts|1914|02|21|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1965|05|06|format=dmy}}

|Painter

|Woman Pounding Grain (절구질하는 여인), A Wash Place (빨래터), Old Tree and Woman (고목과 여인)

Syngman Rhee

|{{flag|South Korea}}

|{{dts|1875|03|26|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1965|07|19|format=dmy}}

|President of South Korea

|The Spirit of Independence (독립정신)

{{Interlanguage link multi|Yoon Yong-ha|ko|3=윤용하}}

|{{flag|South Korea}}

|{{dts|1922|03|16|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1965|07|23|format=dmy}}

|Composer

|Barley Field (보리밭), The Leaf Boat (나뭇잎 배), Gwangbokjeol song (광복절 노래)

Entering the public domain in countries with life + 50 years

{{expand section|date=December 2021}}

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

class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="border-spacing:0; style="width:100%;"

!Names

!Country

!Birth

!Death

!Occupation

!Notable work

John Akar

|{{flag|Sierra Leone}}

|1927

|1975

|Entertainer, writer, diplomat

|High We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free

Leroy Anderson

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1908|06|29|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|05|18|format=dmy}}

|Composer

|Sleigh Ride, Blue Tango, The Typewriter, The Syncopated Clock

Ivo Andrić

|{{flag|Yugoslavia}}

|{{dts|1892|10|09|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|03|13|format=dmy}}

|Writer, Poet

|The Bridge on the Drina

Pablo Antonio

|{{flag|Philippines}}

|{{dts|1901|1|25|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|6|14|format=dmy}}

|Architect

|Ideal Theater, Life Theater, White Cross Orphanage, Capitan Luis Gonzaga Building

Hannah Arendt

|{{flag|Germany}}
{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1906|10|14|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|12|04|format=dmy}}

|Writer, Political philosopher

|The Human Condition, Eichmann in Jerusalem

Mikhail Bakhtin

|{{flag|Russia}}

|{{dts|1895|11|16|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|03|07|format=dmy}}

|Philosopher

|Works

Thomas Hart Benton

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1889|04|15|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|01|19|format=dmy}}

|Painter

|

James Blish

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1921|05|23|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|07|30|format=dmy}}

|Writer

|Cities in Flight, Star Trek novelizations

Arthur Bliss

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|1891|08|02|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|03|27|format=dmy}}

|Composer

|Compositions

Tim Buckley

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1947|02|14|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|06|29|format=dmy}}

|Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter

|Discography

Luigi Dallapiccola

|{{flag|Italy}}

|{{dts|1904|02|03|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|02|19|format=dmy}}

|Composer

|Compositions

Lefty Frizzell

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1928|03|31|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|07|19|format=dmy}}

|Singer, Songwriter

|Discography

Konstantine Gamsakhurdia

|{{flag|Georgia}}

|{{dts|1893|05|03|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|07|17|format=dmy}}

|Writer

|The Right Hand of the Grand Master

Bernard Herrmann

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1911|07|29|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|12|24|format=dmy}}

|Composer

|Film scores

Edna Mayne Hull

|{{flag|Canada}}

|{{dts|1905|05|01|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|01|20|format=dmy}}

|SF author

| Planets for Sale

Julian Huxley

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|1887|06|22|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|02|14|format=dmy}}

|Evolutionary biologist

|Works

Chiang Kai-shek

|{{flag|Taiwan}}

|{{dts|1887|10|31|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|04|05|format=dmy}}

|President of the Republic of China

|China's Destiny (中国之命运)

Rowland V. Lee

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1891|09|06|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|12|21|format=dmy}}

|Director, Actor, Screenwriter, Producer

|

Murray Leinster

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1896|06|16|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|06|08|format=dmy}}

|Writer

|Bibliography

Herbert List

| {{flag|Germany}}

| {{dts|1903|10|07|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1975|04|04|format=dmy}}

| Photographer

| [http://www.deutschefotothek.de/documents/kue/70078056 Collection at Deutsche Fotothek]

{{interlanguage link|Donal R. Michalsky|nl|Donal R. Michalsky}}

| {{flag|United States}}

| {{dts|1928|07|13|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1975|12|31|format=dmy}}

| Composer

| Fanfare after 17th Century Dances

Elijah Muhammad

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1897|10|07|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|02|25|format=dmy}}

|Leader of the Nation of Islam

|Message to the Blackman in America

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

|{{flag|Bangladesh}}

|{{dts|1920|03|17|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|08|15|format=dmy}}

|Politician

|Books

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

|{{flag|India}}

|{{dts|1888|09|05|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|04|17|format=dmy}}

|Philosopher, President of India

|The Dhammapada, The Principal Upanishads

Alfred Hamish Reed

|{{flag|New Zealand}}

|{{dts|1875|12|30|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|01|15|format=dmy}}

|Writer, publisher

| The Gumdiggers: The Story of Kauri Gum

Maria Elizabeth Rothmann

| {{flag|South Africa}}

| {{dts|1875|08|28|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1975|09|07|format=dmy}}

| Author

| Kinders van die Voortrek

Nora Sanderson

| {{flag|New Zealand}}

| {{dts|1905|02|14|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1975|03|02|format=dmy}}

| Romance writer

| Hospital in New Zealand

Rod Serling

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1924|12|25|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|06|28|format=dmy}}

|Screenwriter, Playwright, Television producer

|The Twilight Zone

R. C. Sherriff

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|1896|06|06|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|11|13|format=dmy}}

|Playwright, writer

|Journey's End, The Hopkins Manuscript

Dmitri Shostakovich

|{{flag|Russia}}

|{{dts|1906|09|25|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|08|09|format=dmy}}

|Composer

|Compositions

Noble Sissle

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1889|07|10|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|12|17|format=dmy}}

|Jazz composer, Lyricist

|Shuffle Along, I'm Just Wild About Harry

Christopher Strachey

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|1916|11|16|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|05|18|format=dmy}}

|Computer scientist

|CPL, Fundamental Concepts in Programming Languages

Bill Sutch

| {{flag|New Zealand}}

| {{dts|1907|06|27|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1975|09|28|format=dmy}}

| Economist

| Poverty and Progress in New Zealand, The Quest for Security in New Zealand

Arnold J. Toynbee

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|1889|04|14|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|10|22|format=dmy}}

|Historian

|A Study of History

Thornton Wilder

|{{flag|United States}}

|{{dts|1897|04|17|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|12|07|format=dmy}}

|Playwright, Novelist

|The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Our Town

P. G. Wodehouse

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|{{dts|1881|10|15|format=dmy}}

|{{dts|1975|12|07|format=dmy}}

|Playwright, Novelist

|Bibliography

Fritz Wotruba

| {{flag|Austria}}

| {{dts|1907|04|23|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1975|08|28|format=dmy}}

| Sculptor

| Wotruba Church

Giselda Zani

| {{flag|Uruguay}}

| {{dts|1909

|format=dmy}}

| {{dts|1975

|format=dmy}}

| Poet, short story writer, critic

| La costa despierta

Canada

{{See also||Copyright law of Canada}}

In 2022 copyright in Canada changed from a "plus 50" law to a "plus 70" law, in line with the United States and the European Union. But the change was not made retroactive (unlike the 1995 change in the European Union which brought some (British and possibly other) authors back into copyright, especially those who died from 1925 to 1944).{{cite web |url=https://parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-19/royal-assent |title=An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022 and other measures |author= |date=2022-06-23 |publisher=Parliament of Canada |access-date=2022-11-28 |archive-date=2023-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101194325/https://parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-19/royal-assent |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://orders-in-council.canada.ca/attachment.php?attach=42842 |title=PC Number: 2022-1219 |author= |date=2022-11-17 |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=2022-11-28 |archive-date=2022-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128095404/https://orders-in-council.canada.ca/attachment.php?attach=42842 |url-status=live }} No more new Canadian authors will come out of copyright until 1 January 2043 (those who died in 1972). Crown copyright was not changed, thus any government works published in 1974 entered the public domain in 2025.{{cite web |title=Crown Copyright - FAQ |url=https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/copyright-droits-FAQ-eng.htm |website=Government of Canada |publisher=www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca |access-date=13 March 2024 |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207120516/https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/copyright-droits-FAQ-eng.htm |url-status=live }}

United States

{{See also|Public domain in the United States}}

File:All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film) poster.jpg, the third film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, will enter the United States public domain in 2026.]]

Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1930, films released in 1930, and other works published in 1930, will enter the public domain in 2026.{{cite web |title=Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States |publisher=Cornell University Library Copyright Information Center |last=Hirtle |first=Peter B. |url=https://copyright.cornell.edu/publicdomain |date=3 January 2020 |accessdate=17 December 2020}}{{cite web |title=Copyright and the Public Domain |publisher=Public Domain Information Project |url=http://www.pdinfo.com/Copyright-Law/Copyright-Law.php |accessdate=2019-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801121535/http://www.pdinfo.com/Copyright-Law/Copyright-Law.php |archive-date=2014-08-01 |url-status=dead }} Sound recordings that were published in 1925 and unpublished works whose authors died in 1955 will also enter the public domain.

Among the literary works that will enter public domain in 2026 are Dashiell Hammett's detective novel The Maltese Falcon, Agatha Christie's detective novel The Murder at the Vicarage introducing Miss Marple, William Faulkner's novel As I Lay Dying, H. Rider Haggard's final work Belshazzar, Noël Coward's play Private Lives, Marc Connelly's play The Green Pastures, Milt Gross's graphic novel He Done Her Wrong, Bertold Brecht's play The Decision in its original German, Herge's first Tintin comic album Tintin in the Land of the Soviets in its original French as well as the first serialized versions of the controversial second story Tintin in the Congo, the first English translation of Franz Kafka's The Castle, the first Elson-Gray Readers books featuring Dick and Jane by William S. Gray, the first English translation of Hermann Sudermann's The Excursion to Tilsit, and "Carolyn Keene"'s first Nancy Drew mystery stories, including The Secret of the Old Clock which marked the character's debut.

Significant films entering the public domain this year include Best Picture Academy Award winner All Quiet on the Western Front, Greta Garbo's first sound film Anna Christie, Bing Crosby's film debut King of Jazz, Jean Harlow's film debut Hell's Angels, John Wayne's film debut in The Big Trail, Animal Crackers starring the Marx Brothers, Soup to Nuts featuring an early iteration of The Three Stooges, George Cukor's directorial debut Grumpy, Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel and Morocco, both starring Marlene Dietrich (the first of eight films they made together), The Unholy Three, starring Lon Chaney in his only speaking role, the Alfred Hitchcock films Juno and the Paycock and Murder!, F.W. Murnau's City Girl, the John Ford films Men Without Women, Born Reckless, Seas Beneath and Up the River, G.W. Pabst's Westfront 1918, Robert Siodmak's directorial debut People on Sunday, Jean Vigo's directorial debut À propos de Nice, Luis Buñuel's The Golden Age, the first Italian sound film The Sound of Love, the first Polish sound film Niebezpieczny romans, the first Czech sound film Tonka of the Gallows, the first Argentinian sound film Goodbye Argentina, and the oldest surviving television broadcast The Man with the Flower in His Mouth, an adaptation of Luigi Pirandello's same-named play. The earliest Betty Boop and Bimbo cartoons will enter into the public domain, including Dizzy Dishes. As far as Disney's Mickey Mouse universe is concerned, the design of Pluto enters the public domain through his debut appearance in The Chain Gang (where he was unnamed), and his second appearance as "Rover" (owned by Minnie Mouse) in The Picnic;{{Efn|The dog character's name and Mickey's ownership of him will not enter the public domain until 2027, through the short The Moose Hunt.}} as does the familiar design of Mickey's archenemy Pete through The Cactus Kid. An Ub Iwerks cartoon character created independently of Disney, Flip the Frog, will also enter the public domain.

The first comic appearances of Hergé's Quick & Flupke and Chic Young's Blondie will also enter the public domain.

Some of the better-known works of art entering the public domain are Piet Mondrian's Composition with Red Blue and Yellow, Ansel Adams' photobook Taos Pueblo with writing by Mary Hunter Austin, Martin Munkácsi's photograph Three Boys at Lake Tanganyika, Edward Weston's photograph Pepper No. 30, early prints of M.C. Escher (The Bridge and Castrovalva), and the first designs of the Brno chair and the Tugendhat chair.

Among the popular songs that will be entering the public domain are "Body and Soul", "Georgia on My Mind", "I Got Rhythm", "Little White Lies", "Me and the Devil Blues", "On the Sunny Side of the Street", "Three Little Words", and "You're Driving Me Crazy".

See also

Notes

{{notelist}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

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  • {{cite web |url = http://www.authorandbookinfo.com/abyod/1955.htm |title = Authors by Year of Death – 1955|work = AuthorAndBookInfo.com}}
  • [https://www.goodreads.com/book/popular_by_date/1930 Popular Books of 1930] at Goodreads

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