The year 1986 in literature involved some significant events and new books. [edit] Events [edit] New books [edit] New drama [edit] Poetry [edit] Non-fiction [edit] Births [edit] Deaths - January 1 - Lord David Cecil, critic and biographer
- January 4 - Christopher Isherwood, novelist
- January 24 - L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction writer, founder of Scientology
- February 11 - Frank Herbert, American science fiction author
- February 26 - Robert Penn Warren, poet, author
- March 4 - Elizabeth Smart, Canadian poet and novelist
- March 18 - Bernard Malamud, novelist
- April 14 - Simone de Beauvoir, philosopher and feminist writer
- May 15 - Theodore White, writer
- June 14 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer
- August 1 - Lena Kennedy, novelist
- August 3 - Beryl Markham, traveller and author
- August 20 - Milton Acorn, Canadian poet, writer, and playwright
- December 17 - J. F. Hendry, poet
- December 19 - V. C. Andrews, novelist
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