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1986 In LiteratureSee also: 1985 in literature, other events of 1986, 1987 in literature, list of years in literature. Events New books Births Deaths - 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
- May 15 - Theodore H. White, writer
- June 14 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer
- August 20 - Milton Acorn, Canadian poet, writer, and playwright
Awards - Booker Prize: Kingsley Amis, The Old Devils
- See 1986 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Nebula Award: Orson Scott Card, Speaker For the Dead
- Newbery Medal for children's literature: Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall
- Nobel Prize for Literature: Wole Soyinka
- Prix Goncourt: Michel Host , Valet de nuit
- Prix Mdicis French: Pierre Combescot, Les Funrailles de la Sardine
- Prix Mdicis International: John Hawkes, Aventures dans le commerce des peaux en Alaska
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama: no award given
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Henry Taylor, The Flying Change
- Whitbread Best Book Award: Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World
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