List of Portuguese writers

• João Aguiar (1943–2010) • Manuel Alegre (born 1936), poet • Afonso de Albuquerque (1453–1515) • Ana Filomena Amaral (born 1961), novelist • Ana Luísa Amaral (1956–2022) • Eugénio de Andrade pseudonym of José Fontinhas (1923–2005), poet • Maria Archer (1899–1982) • Carlos Lobo de Ávila (1860-1895) ==B==

• António Gonçalves de Bandarra (1500–1556) • Ana de Sousa Baptista (born 1971) • João de Barros (1496–1570), historian • Ruy Belo (1933–1978) • Al Berto pseudonym of Alberto Raposo Pidwell Tavares (1948–1997), poet • Sara Beirão (1880–1974) • Francisco Manuel de Melo Breyner (1837–1903) • Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922–2019) • Mercedes Blasco (1867–1961) • Abel Botelho (1855–1917) • Inês Botelho (born 1986) • António Botto (1892–1959) • Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão (1938–2007) • Raul Brandão (1867–1930) • Lurdes Breda (born 1970) ==C==

• António Cabral (1931–2007) • Luís de Camões (1527–1580) • Miguel Esteves Cardoso (born 1955) • Fernão Lopes de Castanheda (1500–1559) • Camilo Castelo Branco (1825–1890) • António Feliciano de Castilho (1800–1875) • Eugénio de Castro (1869–1944) • Ferreira de Castro (1898–1974) • Públia Hortênsia de Castro (1548–1595), humanist and courtier • Maria Rosa Colaço (1935–2004), children's writer and journalist • Gaspar Correia (1492–1563), 16th-century historian • Hélia Correia (born 1949) • Natália Correia (1923–1993) • Maria Velho da Costa (1938–2020) ==D==

• Luísa Dacosta (1927–2015) • Júlio Dantas (1876–1962), journalist, writer • João de Deus (1830–1896), poet, writer, teacher of a new read-learning method • José António Duro (1875–1899), poet ==E==

• Florbela Espanca (1894–1930), poet, writer • Sofia Ester (born 1978) ==F==

• Cristóvão Falcão (1512–1557) • José Fernandes Fafe, (1927–2017) • António Ferreira (poet) (1528–1569) • José Gomes Ferreira (1900–1985) • Vergílio Ferreira (1916–1996) • Lília da Fonseca (1906-1991) • Manuel da Fonseca (1911–1993) • Raquel Freire (born 1973), screenwriter, novelist ==G==

• Joana da Gama (–1586) • Almeida Garrett (1799–1854), playwright • António Gedeão (1906–1997), writer, doctor, poet • Augusto Gil (1873–1929), poet • Damião de Góis (1502–1574) • Vasco Graça Moura (1942–2014) • Pedro Guilherme-Moreira (born 1969) ==H==

• Herberto Helder (1930–2015), poet • Alexandre Herculano (1810–1877), writer, poet, major historian • Maria Teresa Horta (1937–2025) ==J==

• Lídia Jorge (born 1946) • Guerra Junqueiro (1850–1923) ==L==

• Irene Lisboa (1892–1958), poet, essayist • Maria Gabriela Llansol (1931–2008) • Rosa Lobato Faria (1932–2010) • António Lobo Antunes (1942–2026) • Fernão Lopes (1385–1460) ==M==

• António de Macedo (1931–2017) • Álvaro Magalhães (born 1951) • Maria Aurora (1937–2010), poet, novelist, children's writer • Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004) • Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins (1845-1894) • Francisco Manuel de Melo (1608–1666) • José Bragança de Miranda (born 1953), essayist • Wenceslau de Moraes (1854–1929), poet, writer, orientalist • David Mourão-Ferreira (1927–1996), poet, novelist, critic • Valter Hugo Mãe (1971-) ==N==

• Almada Negreiros (1893–1970) • Vitorino Nemésio (1901–1978) • António Nobre (1867–1900), poet ==O==

• Raquel Ochoa (born 1980) • Carlos de Oliveira (1921–1981) • Alexandre O'Neill (1924–1986) • Ramalho Ortigão (1836–1915) • Ana de Castro Osório (1873–1935), writer, journalist, pioneer of feminism ==P==

• Luiz Pacheco (1925–2008), writer, polemist, literature critic • Teixeira de Pascoaes (1877–1952), poet, writer • Inês Pedrosa (born 1962), journalist, novelist, short story writer, children's writer, playwright • José Luís Peixoto (born 1974) • Soeiro Pereira Gomes (1909–1949), neo-realist writer • Camilo Pessanha (1867–1926), poet • Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935), poet • Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509–1583) • José Cardoso Pires (1925–1998) ==Q==

• Eça de Queiroz (1845–1900) • Antero de Quental (1842–1891) ==R==

• Alves Redol (1911–1969), neo-realist writer • José Régio pseudonym of José Maria dos Reis Pereira (1901–1969) • Garcia de Resende (1470–1536) • Aquilino Ribeiro (1885–1963), neo-realist writer • Bernardim Ribeiro (1482–1552) • Francisco Rodrigues Lobo (1580–1622) ==S==

• Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890–1916) • Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1481-1558) • Bernardo Santareno pseudonym of António Martinho do Rosário (1924–1980) • Ana Eduarda Santos (born 1983), novelist • Ary dos Santos (1936–1984), poet • José Hermano Saraiva (1919-2012), historian • Rui Miguel Saramago (born 1969) • José Saramago (1922–2010), Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998 • António Sardinha (1888–1925) • Agostinho da Silva (1906–1994) • António José da Silva (1705–1739), dramatist • Miguel Sousa Tavares (born 1952) • Isabel Stilwell (born 1960) ==T==

• Urbano Tavares Rodrigues (1923–2013) • Manuel Tiago pseudonym of Álvaro Cunhal (1913–2005) • Miguel Torga (1907–1955) ==V==

• Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos (1923–2006), poet • Joana Vaz (c. 1500 – after 1570), poet and courtier • Álvaro Velho (15th–16th century) • Fernando Venâncio (1944–2025) • Cesário Verde (1855–1886), poet • Gil Vicente (1465–1537) ==Z==

• Gomes Eanes de Zurara (died 1474) • Richard Zimler (born 1956) ==See also==