1966 in literature

See also: 1965 in literature, other events of 1966, 1967 in literature, list of years in literature.

Deaths

• January 18 - Kathleen Norris, writer
• March 10 - Frank O'Connor, short-story writer
• April 1 - Flann O'Brien, satirist
• April 2 - C. S. Forester, Hornblower author
• April 10 - Evelyn Waugh
• April 13 - Georges Duhamel, novelist
• June 7 - Jean Arp, sculptor, painter, and poet
• June 10 - Henry Treece, historical novelist
• June 30 - Margery Allingham, crime novelist
• July 25 - Frank O'Hara, poet
• August 6 - Cordwainer Smith, science fiction author
• September 25 - Mina Loy, poet and artist
• September 28 - André Breton, surrealist author
• November 26 - Siegfried Kracauer, journalist and critic