# List of Portuguese writers

This is a list of Portuguese writers, ordered alphabetically by surname.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* See also

## A

* João Aguiar (1943–2010)
* Manuel Alegre (born 1936), poet
* Afonso de Albuquerque (1453–1515)
* Ana Filomena Amaral (born 1961), novelist
* Ana Luísa Amaral (born 1956)
* 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 (c. 1520–1586)
* 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 (born 1937)

## 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 (born 1942)
* 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 (born 1944)
* Cesário Verde (1855–1886), poet
* Gil Vicente (1465–1537)

## Z

* Gomes Eanes de Zurara (died 1474)
* Richard Zimler (born 1956)