Orhan Pamuk, a Turkish author, won the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Jaipur Literature Festival was created in 2006.

Literature from the 'Axis of Evil' was created in 2006.

Museum of Modern Literature was created in 2006.

Clara Isabel Alegría Vides is a Nicaraguan poet who received the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2006. The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is widely considered to be the most prestigious international literary prize after the Nobel Prize for Literature