From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
2023
Countries with life + 70 years
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 For previously unpublished material, those who publish it first will have the publication rights for 25 years. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes a notable work of the creator.
Names
| Country
| Birth
| Death
| Occupation
| Notable work
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Céline Arnauld
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| Writer
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Mariano Azuela
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| Writer
| The Underdogs
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Ferdinand Bac
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| Writer, artist
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John Hay Beith
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| Writer
| Pip
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David Bergelson
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| Writer
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Gino Boccasile
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| Illustrator
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Giuseppe Antonio Borgese
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| Writer
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Marjorie Bowen
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| Writer
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Émile Bréhier
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| Philosopher
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Margaret Wise Brown
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| Writer
| Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny
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Howard Chandler Christy
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| Painter, illustrator
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Jack Conway
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| Film director, actor
| A Tale of Two Cities
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Romain Coolus
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| Playwright
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Benedetto Croce
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| Philosopher, historian
| Manifesto of the Anti-Fascist Intellectuals
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Edward S. Curtis
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| Photographer, ethnologist
| In the Land of the Head Hunters
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John Dewey
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| Philosopher
| John Dewey bibliography
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Norman Douglas
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| Writer
| South Wind
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Paul Éluard
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| Poet
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Charles Ginner
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| Painter
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René Grousset
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| Historian
| The Empire of the Steppes
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Knut Hamsun
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| Writer, poet
| Growth of the Soil
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Fletcher Henderson
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| Musician, composer
| A Study in Frustration
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Harold Innis
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| Economist
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Eugene Jolas
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| Writer
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Alexandra Kollontai
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| Politician, writer
| Red Love
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Gregory La Cava
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| Film director
| My Man Godfrey
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Charles Maurras
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| Writer
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Achille Mauzan
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| 1883
| 1952
| Illustrator
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Ferenc Molnár
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| Writer, playwright
| The Paul Street Boys, Liliom
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Maria Montessori
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| Educator
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Constant Permeke
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| Painter, sculptor
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Charles Plisnier
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| Writer
| Faux passeports
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Henriette Roland Holst
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| Poet
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William Roughead
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| 1870
| 1952
| Writer, lawyer
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George Santayana
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| Philosopher, writer
| The Life of Reason
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Alberto Savinio
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| Writer, composer
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Carlo Sforza
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| Politician
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Herman Sörgel
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| Architect
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Malcolm St. Clair
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| Film director
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Władysław Strzemiński
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| Painter
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Josephine Tey
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| Writer
| The Daughter of Time
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Josef Thorak
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| Sculptor
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Lodewijk van Deyssel
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| Writer
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Roger Vitrac
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| Playwright, poet
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