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The literature of Ernest Hemingway will enter the public domain in Europe in 2032, at a time when much of it will remain under copyright in his native United States. ErnestHemingway.jpg
The literature of Ernest Hemingway will enter the public domain in Europe in 2032, at a time when much of it will remain under copyright in his native United States.

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. Since laws vary globally, the copyright status of some works are not uniform. The following is a list of creators whose works enter the public domain in 2032 under the most common copyright regimes.

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This list is based on current copyright laws and regulations, which are subject to change without notice.


Countries with life + 70 years

Except for Belarus (Life + 50 years) [1] and Spain (which has a copyright term of Life + 80 years for creators that died before 1988), a work enters the public domain in Europe 70 years after the creator's death, if it was published during the creator's lifetime. [2] [3] In addition, several other countries have a limit of 70 years. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator.

NamesCountryBirthDeathOccupationNotable work
Zakariyya Ahmad Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 189615 February 1961MusicianAna Fi Intizarak
Fani Badayuni Flag of India.svg India 187927 August 1961Poet
Chandradhar Barua Flag of India.svg India 15 October 18741 December 1961Poet, novelist
Charu Chandra Bhattacharya Flag of India.svg India 29 June 188326 August 1961Scientific writer
Roussan Camille Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti 19127 December 1961Poet, journalist
Joanna Cannan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 189622 April 1961Writer, detective novelist
Louis-Ferdinand Céline Flag of France.svg France 18941 July 1961Novelist, pamphleteer
Blaise Cendrars Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 188721 January 1961Novelist, poet
Bhupendranath Datta Flag of India.svg India 4 December 18801 December 1961Poet, novelist
Hilda Doolittle Flag of the United States.svg United States 188627 September 1961Poet, novelist, memoirist
Mazo de la Roche Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 187912 July 1961Novelist
Gertrude Minnie Faulding Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 187526 December 1961Children's writer and novelist
Jessie Redmon Fauset Flag of the United States.svg United States 188230 April 1961Editor, writer, educator
Olga Forsh Flag of Russia.svg Russia 187317 July 1961Dramatist, novelist, memoirist
Leonhard Frank Flag of Germany.svg Germany 188218 August 1961Writer
Dashiell Hammett Flag of the United States.svg United States 189410 January 1961Crime writer, screenwriter
Hazel Heald Flag of the United States.svg United States 18964 February 1961Pulp fiction writer
Ernest Hemingway Flag of the United States.svg United States 18992 July 1961Novelist
George S. Kaufman Flag of the United States.svg United States 18892 June 1961Dramatist, critic
Oliver Onions Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 18739 April 1961Novelist, ghost story writer
Arata Osada  [ ja ]Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1 February 188718 April 1961Professor Children of the A-Bomb: Testament of the Boys and Girls of Hiroshima  [ ja ]
Nalam Krishna Rao Flag of India.svg India 18 January 18811961Magazine editor
E. Arnot Robertson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 190318 March 1961Novelist
Mihail Sadoveanu Flag of Romania.svg Romania 188019 October 1961Novelist
Peyami Safa Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 189915 June 1961Journalist, writer
Saralabala Sarkar Flag of India.svg India 10 December 18751 December 1961Novelist
Sachin Sengupta Flag of India.svg India 18915 March 1961Playwright
R. P. Sethu Pillai Flag of India.svg India 2 March 199625 April 1961Lawyer, professor
Nalin Vilochan Sharma Flag of India.svg India 18 February 191612 September 1961Professor
Clark Ashton Smith Flag of the United States.svg United States 189314 August 1961Writer
Vattikota Alwar Swamy Flag of India.svg India 1 November 19155 February 1961Human rights activist, journalistJailu Lopala
Rathindranath Tagore Flag of India.svg India 27 November 18883 June 1961Agronomist
Dorothy Thompson Flag of the United States.svg United States 189330 January 1961Journalist
James Thurber Flag of the United States.svg United States 18942 November 1961Humorist
Suryakant Tripathi Flag of India.svg India 21 February 189915 October 1961Poet, short story writerHindi translation of Anandmath
William Troy Flag of the United States.svg United States 190326 May 1961Writer, educator
Bayram al-Tunisi Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 18935 January 1961PoetAna Fi Intizarak

Countries with life + 60 years

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

NamesCountryBirthDeathOccupationNotable work
Kate Aitken Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 6 April 189111 December 1971Broadcaster Books
Ya'qoub Al-Oudat Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 190923 September 1971Poet, writerBiography of Mustafa Wahbi et-Tull
John Beaglehole Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 13 June 190110 October 1971Historian The Life of Captain James Cook
James Boswell Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 9 June 190615 April 1971ArtistThe Artist's Dilemma
John W. Campbell Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 June 191011 July 1971Author and editor Who Goes There?
Brock Chisholm Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 18 May 18964 February 1971Psychiatrist Works
August Derleth Flag of the United States.svg United States 24 February 19094 July 1971Writer August Derleth bibliography
Abd El-Razzak El-Sanhuri Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 11 August 189521 July 1971Legal scholarAl-Waseet fil Qanun
Gerardo Gombau  [ es ]Flag of Spain.svg Spain 3 August 188613 December 1971Composer
Helmy Halim Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 6 March 191618 November 1971Film director Our Beautiful Days
Samuel Alfred Haynes Flag of Belize.svg Belize 18991971Civil rights activist, poet Land of the Free
Usmar Ismail Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 20 March 19212 January 1971Film director Darah dan Doa
Abdul Jabbar Jomard Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq December 190930 November 1971Historian, Poet
Paul Lévy Flag of France.svg France 15 September 188615 December 1971MathematicianCalcul des Probabilités
C. C. MacApp Flag of the United States.svg United States 27 November 191715 November 1971SF author"The Mercurymen"
Reginald Alec Martin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom January 190827 June 1971Children's writer Kemlo
R. A. K. Mason Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 10 January 190513 July 1971Poet Works
Janka Maŭr Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 11 May 18833 August 1971Children's writer, translator
Ghulam Rasool Mehr Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 13 April 189516 November 1971Scholar Books
Jim Morrison Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 December 19433 July 1971Musician The Doors discography
Ogden Nash Flag of the United States.svg United States 19 August 190219 May 1971Poet Bibliography of Ogden Nash
Andre Ryder Flag of Greece.svg Greece
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
10 August 19085 March 1971Musician
Tawfīq Sāyigh  [ ar ]Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 19231971Poet
Stevie Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 20 September 19027 March 1971Poet, writer Works
Igor Stravinsky Flag of Russia.svg Russia 17 June 18826 April 1971Composer List of compositions by Igor Stravinsky
Frank Underhill Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 26 November 188916 September 1971HistorianUpper Canadian Politics in the 1850s
Philip Wylie Flag of the United States.svg United States 12 May 190225 October 1971Author Gladiator

Countries with life + 50 years

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.

NamesCountryBirthDeathOccupationNotable work
Eugenio Montale Flag of Italy.svg Italy 12 October 189612 September 1981Poet
Mounir Mourad Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 13 January 192217 October 1981MusicianQadi al-Belaj
Ahmed Rami Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 9 August 18925 June 1981Poet Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Riad Al Sunbati Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 30 November 190610 September 1981Musician Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Al-Atlal

Countries with life + 80 years

Spain has a copyright term of life + 80 years for creators that died before 1988. [4] In Colombia and Equatorial Guinea, a work enters the public domain 80 years after the creator's death.

NamesCountryBirthDeathOccupationNotable work
Louis Adamic Flag of the United States.svg United States 23 March 18984 September 1951Writer Dynamite: The Story of Class Violence in America
Bartlett Adamson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 22 December 18844 November 1951Journalist, writer, and political activist
Jyoti Prasad Agarwala Flag of India.svg India 17 June 190317 January 1951Film director, playwright, writer Joymoti
Choudhry Rahmat Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 16 November 18973 February 1951Jurist Pakistan Declaration
Muhammad Ali Flag of India.svg India 187413 October 1951Writer
Egbert Van Alstyne Flag of the United States.svg United States 4 March 18789 July 1951Composer"In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree", "Pretty Baby"
Aram Andonian Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 187523 December 1951Writer The Memoirs of Naim Bey
Leopold Andrian Flag of Austria.svg Austria 9 May 187519 November 1951Writer
Henry W. Armstrong Flag of the United States.svg United States 22 July 187928 February 1951Composer Sweet Adeline
Numa Ayrinhac Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 5 September 188123 March 1951Painter
Resurrección María de Azkue Flag of Spain.svg Spain 5 August 18649 November 1951Writer
Mohammad-Taqi Bahar Flag of Iran.svg Iran 10 December 188622 April 1951Poet
R. H. Barlow Flag of the United States.svg United States 18 May 19182 January 1951Writer, anthropologist
Sarah Jane Baines Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 30 November 186620 February 1951Feminist, suffragette, social reformer
Jacques de Baroncelli Flag of France.svg France 25 June 188112 January 1951Film director
Gaspar Agüero Barreras Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 15 February 187318 May 1951Pianist, composer
Pramathesh Barua Flag of India.svg India 24 October 190329 November 1951Film director, actor, writer
Daisy Bates Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 16 October 185918 April 1951Journalist, welfare worker
Celadet Alî Bedirxan Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 26 April 18931951Writer, linguist
Frank Weston Benson Flag of the United States.svg United States 24 March 186215 November 1951Painter List of works by Frank Weston Benson
Jørgen Bentzon Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 14 February 18979 July 1951Composer
Konstantin Biebl Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 26 February 189812 November 1951Poet
Leo Birinski Flag of Germany.svg Germany 8 June 188423 October 1951Playwright, screenwriter, film director
Dorothea Foster Black Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 23 December 189113 September 1951Painter and printmaker
Algernon Blackwood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 14 March 186910 December 1951Journalist, writer Incredible Adventures , "The Willows", "The Wendigo" and The Doll and One Other
Francisco Boix Flag of Spain.svg Spain 31 August 19207 July 1951PhotographerPhotographs of Mauthausen concentration camp
Ivanoe Bonomi Flag of Italy.svg Italy 18 October 187320 April 1951Politician
Stephen Bonsal Flag of the United States.svg United States 29 March 18658 June 1951Journalist, writer
Tadeusz Borowski Flag of Poland.svg Poland 12 November 19223 July 1951Writer, journalist
Herman Charles Bosman Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 5 February 190514 October 1951Writer
Alfred-Alphonse Bottiau Flag of France.svg France 6 February 188925 February 1951Sculptor
James Bridie Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 3 January 188829 January 1951Playwright, screenwriter, physician
Hermann Broch Flag of Austria.svg Austria 1 November 188630 May 1951Writer The Sleepwalkers , The Death of Virgil
Gelett Burgess Flag of the United States.svg United States 30 January 186618 September 1951Writer"Purple Cow"
Abraham Cahan Flag of the United States.svg United States 7 July 186031 August 1951Writer The Rise of David Levinsky
Andrew Caldecott Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 26 October 188414 July 1951Writer and British colonial administrator
Amy Carmichael Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 16 December 186718 January 1951Writer
John Alden Carpenter Flag of the United States.svg United States 28 February 187626 April 1951Composer
Ethel Carrick Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 7 February 187217 June 1951Artist
Émile Chartier Flag of France.svg France 3 March 18682 June 1951Writer
Alphonse de Châteaubriant Flag of France.svg France 25 March 18772 May 1951Writer Monsieur des Lourdines , La Brière
Peter Cheyney Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 22 February 189626 June 1951Writer Lemmy Caution, Slim Callaghan
Ben Chifley Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 22 September 188513 June 1951Politician
Cho Ki-chon Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 6 November 191331 July 1951Poet
Gendün Chöphel Flag of Tibet.svg Tibet 19031951Writer, poet
Al Christie Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 23 October 188114 April 1951Film director
Halfdan Cleve Flag of Norway.svg Norway 5 October 18796 April 1951Composer
Christabel Cockerell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 186418 March 1951Painter
Edith Coleman Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 29 July 18743 June 1951Naturalist
Gustav Cords Flag of Germany.svg Germany 12 October 187018 February 1951Composer
Cara David Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 26 April 185625 December 1951Educator, feminist, social reformer
Wilfrid de Glehn Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 187011 May 1951Painter
Nirupama Devi Flag of India.svg India 7 May 18837 January 1951Writer
Enrique Santos Discépolo Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 27 March 190123 December 1951Composer, director
Hans Andrias Djurhuus Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands 20 October 18836 May 1951Poet, writer
Lloyd C. Douglas Flag of the United States.svg United States 27 August 187713 February 1951Writer, pastor Magnificent Obsession , The Robe
Georgios Drossinis Flag of Greece.svg Greece 9 December 18593 January 1951Writer
Frank DuMond Flag of the United States.svg United States 20 August 18656 February 1951Illustrator, painter
József Egry Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 18831951Painter
Mário Eloy Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal 15 March 19005 September 1951Painter
Anastasia Eristavi-Khoshtaria Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 3 February 18681 May 1951Writer
John Erskine Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 October 18792 June 1951Writer, composer The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent
'Abd al-'Aziz Fahmi  [ it ]Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 23 December 18701951Poet
Georgy Fedotov Flag of Russia.svg Russia 1 October 18861 September 1951Writer
Fei Mu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 10 October 190631 January 1951Film director Spring in a Small Town
Jerzy Fitelberg Flag of the United States.svg United States 20 May 190325 April 1951Composer
Kristo Floqi Flag of Albania.svg Albania 24 May 18761 July 1951Playwright, politician
John Flynn Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 25 November 18805 May 1951Minister, aviator
Josef Bohuslav Foerster Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 30 December 185929 May 1951Composer List of compositions by Josef Bohuslav Foerster
Robert J. Flaherty Flag of the United States.svg United States 16 February 188423 July 1951Filmmaker Nanook of the North
Pietro Frosini Flag of Italy.svg Italy 9 August 18852 September 1951Musician, composer
Gao Jianfu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 18791951Painter
André Gide Flag of France.svg France 22 November 186919 February 1951Writer Bibliography of André Gide
Bert Grant Flag of the United States.svg United States 12 July 18789 May 1951Composer
María Grever Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 14 September 188515 December 1951Composer"What a Diff'rence a Day Makes"
René Guenon Flag of France.svg France 15 November 18867 January 1951Philosopher and Sufi Scholar The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times
Jacinto Guerrero Flag of Spain.svg Spain 16 August 189515 September 1951Composer
James Norman Hall Flag of the United States.svg United States 22 April 18875 July 1951Writer Mutiny on the Bounty
Ebbe Hamerik Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 5 September 189812 August 1951Composer
Tamiki Hara Flag of Japan.svg Japan 15 November 190513 March 1951Writer Summer Flower
Fumiko Hayashi Flag of Japan.svg Japan 31 December 190328 June 1951Writer Bangiku
Józef Hecht Flag of Poland.svg Poland 14 December 189119 June 1951Printmaker, painter
Sadegh Hedayat Flag of Iran.svg Iran 17 February 19039 April 1951Writer, poet The Blind Owl , The Stray Dog
Thomas N. Heffron Flag of the United States.svg United States 13 June 187224 May 1951Film director
Herman Hupfeld Flag of the United States.svg United States 1 February 18948 June 1951Songwriter"As Time Goes By", "Let's Put Out the Lights (and Go to Sleep)"
Jenő Illés Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 28 January 187917 October 1951Film director
Ernest Ludvig Ipsen Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 September 18692 November 1951Painter
George Jeske Flag of the United States.svg United States 22 February 189128 October 1951Film director
Tor Jonsson Flag of Norway.svg Norway 14 May 191614 January 1951Poet
Gustave-Henri Jossot Flag of France.svg France 16 April 18667 April 1951Illustrator, painter
Robert Kahn Flag of Germany.svg Germany 21 July 186529 May 1951Composer
Alfrēds Kalniņš Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 23 August 187923 December 1951Composer
Karl Maria Kaufmann Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2 March 18726 February 1951Archeologist
Kim Dong-in Flag of Korea (1899).svg Korea 2 October 19005 January 1951Writer
Kim Myeong-sun Flag of Korea (1899).svg Korea 20 January 189622 June 1951Writer
Kitawaki Noboru Flag of Japan.svg Japan 4 June 190118 December 1951Painter
Tyra Kleen Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 29 June 187417 September 1951Writer
Georg af Klercker Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 15 December 187713 November 1951Film director South of the Highway
Katarzyna Kobro Flag of Poland.svg Poland 26 January 189821 February 1951Avant-garde sculptor
Alexander Krein Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 20 October 188325 April 1951Composer
Kwee Tek Hoay Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 31 July 18864 July 1951Writer List of works by Kwee Tek Hoay
Constant Lambert Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 23 August 190521 August 1951Composer List of compositions by Constant Lambert
Louis Lavelle Flag of France.svg France 15 July 18831 September 1951Philosopher
Ernestina Lecuona Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 16 January 18823 September 1951Pianist, composer
Henri-René Lenormand Flag of France.svg France 3 May 188216 February 1951Playwright
Sinclair Lewis Flag of the United States.svg United States 7 February 188510 January 1951Writer Main Street , Babbitt , Arrowsmith
J. C. Leyendecker Flag of the United States.svg United States 23 March 187425 July 1951Illustrator The Arrow Collar Man
Heinz von Lichberg Flag of Germany.svg Germany 189014 March 1951Writer"Lolita"
Ana Aurora do Amaral Lisboa (pt)Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 24 September 186022 March 1951Poet
Benito Lynch Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 25 July 188523 December 1951Writer The Caranchos of Florida , The Englishman of the Bones , The Romance of a Gaucho
Richard Malden Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 19 October 187919 August 1951Biblical scholar, editor, author of ghost stories
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Flag of Finland.svg Finland 4 June 186727 January 1951Politician, memoirist
Homero Manzi Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1 November 19073 May 1951Writer
Edwin L. Marin Flag of the United States.svg United States 21 February 18992 May 1951Film director
Konstantin Märska Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 28 May 189630 August 1951Film director
Nellie McClung Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 20 October 18731 September 1951Writer
Nikolai Medtner Flag of Russia.svg Russia 5 January 188013 November 1951Composer List of compositions by Nikolai Medtner
Oscar Micheaux Flag of the United States.svg United States 2 January 188425 March 1951Writer, director
Hasrat Mohani Flag of India.svg India 14 October 187513 May 1951Independence activist, poet
Giuseppe Mulè Flag of Italy.svg Italy 28 June 188510 September 1951Composer
Takashi Nagai Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3 February 19081 May 1951Writer The Bells of Nagasaki
Nam Cao Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 19151951Writer
Ștefan Neaga Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 7 December 190030 May 1951Composer Anthem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
Ndoc Nikaj Flag of Albania.svg Albania 15 June 186416 January 1951Writer
Ivor Novello Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 15 January 18936 March 1951Composer"Keep the Home Fires Burning"
Selim Palmgren Flag of Finland.svg Finland 16 February 187813 December 1951Composer, pianist
Pyotr Pavlenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 11 July 189916 June 1951Writer
Scott Pembroke Flag of the United States.svg United States 13 September 188921 February 1951Film director
Brian Penton Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 21 August 190424 August 1951Journalist, novelist Landtakers
Felix Petyrek Flag of Austria.svg Austria 14 May 18921 December 1951Composer
Andrei Platonov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 28 August 18995 January 1951Writer The Foundation Pit
Ľudmila Podjavorinská Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 26 April 18722 March 1951Writer, poet
Clara Katharina Pollaczek Flag of Austria.svg Austria 15 January 187522 July 1951Writer
Voydan Popgeorgiev – Chernodrinski Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 15 January 18758 January 1951Playwright, writer Macedonian Blood Wedding
George Henry Powell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 27 April 18803 December 1951Songwriter"Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag"
Paula von Preradović Flag of Austria.svg Austria 12 October 188725 May 1951Writer National anthem of Austria
James Peter Quinn Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 4 December 186918 February 1951Painter
Assen Razcvetnikov Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 2 November 189730 July 1951Writer
Godofredo Rangel Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 21 November 18844 August 1951Writer, translator
Gholamreza Rashid-Yasemi Flag of Iran.svg Iran 18951951Poet
Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy Flag of India.svg India 10 December 188024 February 1951Educator, writer
Henri Rivière Flag of France.svg France 11 March 186424 August 1951Painter
Sigmund Romberg Flag of the United States.svg United States 29 July 18879 November 1951Composer
Phil Rosen Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 May 188822 October 1951Film director
Georges Hanna Sabbagh Flag of France.svg France 18771951Painter
Pedro Salinas Flag of Spain.svg Spain 27 November 18914 December 1951Poet
Harry Schmidt Flag of Germany.svg Germany 21 June 18947 September 1951Mathematician
Artur Schnabel Flag of Austria.svg Austria 17 April 188215 August 1951Classical pianist, composer Artur Schnabel's recordings of Beethoven's piano sonatas
Arnold Schoenberg Flag of Austria.svg Austria
Flag of the United States.svg United States
13 September 187413 July 1951Composer, music theorist List of compositions by Arnold Schoenberg
Percival Serle Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 18 July 187116 December 1951Writer
Robert Seton-Watson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 20 August 187925 July 1951Historian
Levon Shant Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 6 April 186929 November 1951Playwright
Angelos Sikelianos Flag of Greece.svg Greece 28 March 188419 June 1951Poet, playwright
S. Sylvan Simon Flag of the United States.svg United States 9 March 191017 May 1951Film director
Houcine Slaoui Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 19211951Musician
John Sloan Flag of the United States.svg United States 2 August 18717 September 1951Painter
Pamela Colman Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 16 February 187818 September 1951Illustrator Rider–Waite tarot deck
Henry De Vere Stacpoole Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland9 April 186312 April 1951Writer The Blue Lagoon
Paul L. Stein Flag of Austria.svg Austria 4 February 18922 May 1951Film director
Arthur Szyk Flag of Poland.svg Poland 16 June 189413 September 1951Illustrator
Abanindranath Tagore Flag of India.svg India 7 August 18715 December 1951Painter, writer
Maila Talvio Flag of Finland.svg Finland 17 October 18716 January 1951Writer
Mary Tannahill Flag of the United States.svg United States 11 January 186321 June 1951Painter
Nikoghayos Tigranian Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 31 August 185617 February 1951Composer
Timrava Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 2 October 186727 November 1951Writer
Julio Torres Mayorga Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 27 March 19299 January 1951Musician and songwriter"Los Camarones"
Marcel Tournier Flag of France.svg France 5 January 18798 May 1951Composer
Walter Trier Flag of Germany.svg Germany 25 June 18908 July 1951IllustratorIllustration of Emil and the Detectives and Lilliput covers
Manuel Ugarte Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 18751951Writer
Jan Valtin Flag of Germany.svg Germany 4 May 190714 January 1951Writer, covert agent
Maxence Van der Meersch Flag of France.svg France 4 May 190714 January 1951Writer
Vsevolod Vishnevsky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 21 December 190028 February 1951Playwright
Henrik Visnapuu Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 2 January 18903 April 1951Poet
Will Vodery Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 October 188518 November 1951Composer
Volodymyr Vynnychenko Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 28 July 18806 March 1951Writer, playwright
Richard Wallace Flag of the United States.svg United States 26 August 18943 November 1951Film director
Jean-Jacques Waltz Flag of France.svg France 23 February 187310 June 1951Illustrator
Nik Welter Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 2 January 187113 July 1951Writer
Ludwig Wittgenstein Flag of Austria.svg Austria
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
26 April 188929 April 1951Philosopher Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus , Philosophical Investigations
Wols Flag of Germany.svg Germany 27 May 19131 September 1951Painter, photographer
Gregorios Xenopoulos Flag of Greece.svg Greece 9 December 186714 January 1951Writer
Miyamoto Yuriko Flag of Japan.svg Japan 13 February 189921 January 1951Writer
Corrado Zoli Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3 January 18778 December 1951Writer
Hermynia Zur Mühlen Flag of Austria.svg Austria 12 December 188320 March 1951Writer, translator

United States

Under the Copyright Term Extension Act, books published in 1936, films released in 1936, and other works published in 1936 will enter the public domain in 2032. [5] Sound recordings published in 1931 and unpublished works whose authors died in 1961 will also enter the public domain.

Notable films entering the public domain in 2032 include Best Picture Academy Award winner The Great Ziegfeld with William Powell and Luise Rainer, the Alfred Hitchcock film Secret Agent , the John Ford films Mary of Scotland and The Prisoner of Shark Island , Frank Capra's Mr. Deeds Goes to Town with Gary Cooper, Jean Renoir's films Partie de campagne and The Crime of Monsieur Lange , The Story of Louis Pasteur with Paul Muni, Mervyn LeRoy's Anthony Adverse with Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland, George Cukor's adaptation of Romeo and Juliet with Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard, William Wyler's Dodsworth with Walter Huston, Fritz Lang's first Hollywood film Fury with Spencer Tracy and Bruce Cabot, San Francisco with Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald, Cecil B. DeMille's The Plainsman with Cooper and Jean Arthur, Swing Time with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (the final film of his character "The Tramp"), Judy Garland's debut film Pigskin Parade , Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon Thru the Mirror and Silly Symphony short The Country Cousin , and the Merrie Melodies short I Love to Singa .

Among the literary works that will enter the public domain are Daphne du Maurier's novel Jamaica Inn ; Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind ; Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot mystery novels The A. B. C. Murders , Cards on the Table and Murder in Mesopotamia ; William Faulkner's novel Absalom, Absalom! ; John Dos Passos' The Big Money ; John Maynard Keynes' The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money ; Munro Leaf's The Story of Ferdinand ; Michael Innes' mystery novel Death at the President's Lodging introducing Sir John Appleby, Arthur Ransome's Pigeon Post , Louis-Ferdinand Céline's Death on Credit , Hergé's Tintin story The Blue Lotus in its original French black-and-white version; and the first issues of Life magazine.

Notable musical works entering the public domain include the popular songs "The Glory of Love", "Pennies from Heaven", and "The Way You Look Tonight"; Alban Berg's Violin Concerto ; Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf (one of the most famous foreign works affected by the 2012 Supreme Court decision Golan v. Holder ); and Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4 .

Works of art entering the public domain include Salvador Dali's Lobster Telephone and the first design of the Aalto Vase from Alvar and Aino Aalto, which is currently still being made and sold by the Finish design brand Iittala.

See also

References

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