# List of Brazilian writers

This is a list of Brazilian writers, those born in Brazil or who have established citizenship or residency.

## Writers for children

* Ana Maria Machado (born 1941)
* Daniel Munduruku (born 1964)
* Eva Furnari (born 1948)
* Fernanda Takai (born 1971)
* Francisco Marins (1922–2016)
* Júlio César de Mello e Souza (1895–1974), best known as Malba Tahan
* Leo Cunha (born 1966)
* Lúcia Benedetti (1914-1988)
* Lúcia Machado de Almeida (1910–2005)
* Lygia Bojunga (born 1932)
* Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001)
* Maria Valéria Rezende (born 1942)
* Monteiro Lobato (1882-1948)
* Nélida Piñon (1934-2022)
* Pedro Bandeira (born 1942)
* Rubem Alves (1933-2014)
* Ruth Rocha (born 1931)
* Socorro Acioli (born 1975)
* Tatiana Belinky (1919-2013)
* Ziraldo (1932-2024)

## Chroniclers

* Artur Azevedo (1855-1908)
* Athos Damasceno Ferreira (1902-1975)
* Austregésilo de Athayde (1898-1993)
* Bussunda (1962-2006)
* Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987)
* Carlos Heitor Cony (1926-2018)
* Carmen Dolores (1852-1910)
* Clarice Lispector (1920-1977)
* Cora Coralina (1889-1985)
* Cyro dos Anjos (1906-1994)
* Davino Ribeiro de Sena (born 1957)
* Diná Silveira de Queirós (1911-1982)
* Elsie Lessa (1914-2000)
* Fabrício Carpi Nejar (born 1972)
* Fernanda Torres (born 1965)
* Fernando Sabino (1923–2004)
* Ferreira Gullar (1930–2016)
* Ivan Ângelo (born 1936)
* João do Rio (1881–1921)
* João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941–2014)
* José Américo de Almeida (1887-1980)
* José de Côrtes Duarte (1895–1982)
* Lêdo Ivo (1924-2012)
* Leo Cunha (born 1966)
* Lúcia Benedetti (1914-1998)
* Luis Fernando Verissimo (born 1936)
* Lya Luft (1938-2021)
* Maria Rita Kehl (born 1951)
* Maria Valéria Rezende (born 1942)
* Mário Filho (1908-1966)
* Martha Medeiros (born 1961)
* Nélida Piñon (1934-2022)
* Nelson Rodrigues (1912–1980)
* Otto Lara Resende (1922-1992)
* Paulo Mendes Campos (1922–1991)
* Pedro Bloch (1914–2004)
* Rubem Alves (1933-2014)
* Rubem Braga (1913–1990)
* Ruth Guimarães (1920-2014)
* Sérgio Porto (1923-1968)
* Tati Bernardi (born 1979)
* Vange Leonel (1963-2014)
* Victor Heringer (1988–2018)

## Short story writers

* Adelina Lopes Vieira (1850–1923)
* Adriana Lisboa (born 1970)
* Adrino Aragão (born 1936)
* Alberto Mussa (born 1961)
* Alcântara Machado (1901–1935)
* Aníbal Machado (1894–1964)
* Artur Azevedo (1855-1908)
* Carmen Dolores (1852-1910)
* Clarice Lispector (1920-1977)
* Diná Silveira de Queirós (1911-1982)
* Dalton Trevisan (1925–2024)
* Fausto Fawcett (born 1957)
* Fernando Sabino (1923–2004)
* Flávio Viegas Amoreira (born 1965)
* Geovani Martins (born 1991)
* Guimarães Rosa (1908-1967)
* Gustavo Barroso (1888-1959)
* Ignacio de Loyola Brandão (born 1936)
* Itamar Vieira Junior (born 1979)
* Ivan Ângelo (born 1936)
* João do Rio (1881–1921)
* João Simões Lopes Neto (1865–1916)
* Lêdo Ivo (1924-2012)
* Marcelo Mirisola (born 1966)
* Márcia Denser (1954-2024)
* Maria Valéria Rezende (born 1942)
* Marina Colasanti (born 1937)
* Marques Rebelo (1907-1973)
* Menalton Braff (born 1938)
* Moacyr Scliar (1937–2011)
* Murilo Rubião (1916–1991)
* Natalia Borges Polesso (born 1981)
* Nélida Piñon (1934-2022)
* Osman Lins (1924–1978)
* Otto Lara Resende (1922-1992)
* Paulo Scott (born 1966)
* Raduan Nassar (born 1935)
* Regina Rheda (born 1957)
* Rubem Fonseca (1925-2020)
* Ruth Guimarães (1920-2014)
* Sérgio Sant'Anna (1941-2020)
* Silviano Santiago (1936)
* Sonia Coutinho (1939–2013)
* Tati Bernardi (born 1979)
* Veronica Stigger (born 1973)

## Nonfiction writers

* Arnaldo Jabor (1940-2022)
* Luiz Castanho de Almeida (1904–1981), priest, historian, writer
* Flavio Alves (born 1969), memoirist
* Kevin Einstein Barreto Poubel (1997–alive), grammarian
* Rubem Alves (1933–2014), theologian
* Mário de Andrade (1893–1945), poet, musicologist
* Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954), poet, essayist
* Nelson de Araújo (1926–1993), historian, folklorist
* Gustavo Barroso (1888–1959), politician
* Roger Bastide (1898–1974), sociologist
* Leonardo Boff (born 1938), theologian
* Josué de Castro (1908–1973), sociologist
* Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro (born 1952), mathematician
* Oswaldo Cruz (1872–1917), physician, epidemiologist
* Euclides da Cunha (1866–1909), sociologist
* Luís da Câmara Cascudo (Câmara Cascudo) (1898–1986) folklorist
* Alessandra Silvestri-Levy (born 1972)
* Antônio Houaiss (1915–1999) dicionarist
* Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira (1910–1989)
* José Maria da Silva Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco (1819–1880) historian
* Caio Prado Júnior (1907–1990) historian
* Celso Furtado (1920–2004) economist
* Darcy Ribeiro (1922–1997) anthropologist
* Eliane Brum (born 1966)
* Florestan Fernandes (1920–1995) historian, sociologist
* Gilberto Freyre (1900–1987) sociologist
* Joaquim Nabuco (1849–1910) memoirist, diplomat
* José Guilherme Merquior (1941–1991) philosopher, sociologist
* José Lino Grünewald (1931–2000) poet, translator
* José Mariano da Conceição Veloso (1742–1811) botanist
* Julio Ximenes Senior (1901–1975) physician
* Luiz Felipe Pondé (born 1959)
* Miguel Reale (1910–2006) law theorist
* Paulo Alfeu Junqueira Duarte (1899–1984) archaeologist
* Paulo Freire (1921–1997) educator, political theorist
* Pedro Corrêa do Lago (born 1958) writer and curator
* Plínio Salgado (1901–1975) politician
* Raymundo Faoro (1925–2003) sociologist
* Rinaldo de Lamare (1910–2002) physician
* Roberto da Matta (born 1936) anthropologist
* Ruy Barbosa (1849–1923) political theorist
* Sérgio Buarque de Holanda (1902–1982) historian
* Tristão de Athayde (Alceu Amoroso Lima) (1893–1983) journalist
* Viscount of Taunay (1843–1899) historian
* Olavo de Carvalho (1947–2022) philosopher, journalist
* Vicente Ferreira da Silva (1918–1963) logician

## Playwrights

* Ariano Suassuna (1927–2014)
* Arnaldo Jabor (1940-2022)
* Artur Azevedo (1855–1908)
* Augusto Boal (1931–2009)
* Dias Gomes (1923–1999)
* Edla Van Steen (1936–2018)
* Gianfrancesco Guarnieri (1934–2006)
* Joaquim Cardozo (1897-1978)
* José Paulo Lanyi (born 1970)
* Leilah Assumpção (born 1943)
* Lúcio Cardoso (1912-1968)
* Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior (1845–1898)
* Luiz Duarte (born 1956)
* Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre (1806–1879)
* Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001)
* Maitê Proença (born 1958)
* Luís Carlos Martins Pena (1815–1848)
* Nelson Rodrigues (1912–1980)
* Osman Lins (1924-1978)
* Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
* Pedro Bloch (1914–2004)
* Plínio Marcos (1935-1999)
* Qorpo Santo (Joaquim de Campos Leão) (1829–1883)
* Vianinha (1936–1974)

## Journalists

* Alberto Dines (1932–2018)
* Tristão de Athayde (1893–1983)
* Austregésilo de Athayde (1898-1993)
* Carlos Heitor Cony (1926–2018)
* Carlos Lacerda (1914–1977) journalist
* Crispim do Amaral (1858-1911)
* Cyro dos Anjos (1906-1994)
* Domício da Gama (1862-1925)
* Eliane Brum (born 1966)
* Elio Gaspari (born 1944)
* Elsie Lessa (1912–2000)
* Gilberto Dimenstein (1956–2020)
* Humberto de Campos (journalist) (1886-1934)
* Ignacio de Loyola Brandão (born 1936)
* Ivan Lessa (1935–2012)
* Kevin Einstein Barreto Poubel (1997–alive), grammarian
* José do Patrocínio (1853–1905)
* José Paulo Lanyi (born 1970)
* Maria Rita Kehl (born 1951)
* Marina Colasanti (born 1937)
* Mino Carta (1933–1934)
* Olavo de Carvalho (1947–2022)
* Otto Lara Resende (1922-1992)
* Paulo Francis (1930–1967)
* Paulo Mendes Campos (1922-1991)
* Quintino Bocaiuva (1836–1912)
* Samuel Wainer (1912–1980)
* Sebastião Nery (born 1932)
* Sergio Buarque de Hollanda (1902–1982)
* Sérgio Porto (1923-1968)
* Zuenir Ventura (born 1931)

## Poets

* Adalgisa Nery (1905–1980)
* Adélia Prado (born 1935), poet, chronicler
* Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna (born 1937)
* Alberto de Oliveira (1859–1937)
* Alexei Bueno (born 1963)
* Alphonsus de Guimaraens (1870–1921)
* Alvarenga Peixoto (1744–1792)
* Álvares de Azevedo (1831–1852)
* Amália dos Passos Figueiroa (1845–1878)
* Américo Elísio (José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva) (1763–1838)
* Ana Cristina César (1952–1983)
* António Pereira de Sousa Caldas (1762–1814)
* Adalcinda Camarão (1914–2005)
* Arnaldo Antunes (born 1960)
* Athos Damasceno Ferreira (1902-1975)
* Artur Azevedo (1855-1908)
* Augusto de Campos (born 1931)
* Augusto de Lima (1859–1934)
* Augusto dos Anjos (1884–1914)
* Bruno Tolentino (1940–2007)
* Basílio da Gama (1741–1795)
* Domingos Caldas Barbosa (1740–1800)
* Beatriz Francisca de Assis Brandão (1779–1868)
* Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987)
* Carpinejar (born 1972)
* Casimiro de Abreu (1839–1860)
* Cassiano Ricardo (1895–1974)
* Castro Alves (1847–1862)
* Cecília Meireles (1901–1964)
* Cláudio Manuel da Costa (1729–1789)
* Conceição Evaristo (born 1946)
* Colombina (1882–1963)
* Cora Coralina (1889–1985)
* Cruz e Souza (1861–1898)
* Dante Milano (1899–1991)
* Décio Pignatari (1927–2012)
* Esmeralda Ribeiro (born 1959)
* Fabrício Carpi Nejar (born 1972)
* Ferreira Gullar (1930–2016)
* Frank Jorge (born 1966)
* Frederico Barbosa (born 1961)
* Ferreira Gullar (1930–2016)
* Gerardo Melo Mourão (1917-2007)
* Gilberto Mendonça Teles (born 1931)
* Gonçalves Crespo (1846–1883)
* Domingos José Gonçalves de Magalhães (1811–1822)
* Gonçalves Dias (1823–1864)
* Gregório de Matos Guerra (1636–1695)
* Gustavo Dourado (born 1960)
* Haroldo de Campos (1929–2003)
* Helena Parente Cunha (born 1929)
* Henriqueta Lisboa (1901–1985)
* Hilda Hilst (1930–2004)
* Jarid Arraes (born 1991)
* Joaquim Cardozo (1897-1978)
* João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920–1999)
* Jorge de Lima (1895–1953)
* José Américo de Almeida (1887-1980)
* Katya Chamma (born 1961)
* Lêdo Ivo (1924-2012)
* Lúcio Cardoso (1913–1968)
* Manoel de Barros (1916–2014)
* Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968)
* Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre (1806–1879)
* Marcia Theophilo (born 1941)
* Marçal Aquino (born 1958)
* Mário de Andrade (1893–1945)
* Mário Quintana (1906–1994)
* Martha Medeiros (born 1961)
* Menotti Del Picchia (1892–1988)
* Miriam Alves (born 1952)
* Murilo Mendes (1901–1975)
* Natalia Borges Polesso (born 1981)
* Paulo Mendes Campos (1922-1991)
* Olavo Bilac (1865–1918)
* Osório Duque-Estrada (1870–1927)
* Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
* Paulo Leminski (1944–1989)
* Raul Bopp (1898–1984)
* Rogério Skylab (born 1956)
* Ronald de Carvalho (1893–1935)
* Santa Rita Durão (1722–1784)
* Silva Alvarenga (1749–1814)
* Tânia Martins (born 1957)
* Tomás Antônio Gonzaga (1744–1819)
* Torquato Neto (1944–1972)
* Valentim Magalhães (1859-1903)
* Vinícius de Moraes (1913–1980)
* Waly Salomão (1943–2003)

## Novelists

* A. C. Frieden (born 1966)
* Adolfo Caminha (1867–1897)
* Adonias Filho (1915–1990)
* Alberto Mussa (born 1961)
* Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (1880-1970)
* Aluísio de Azevedo (1857–1913)
* Ana Miranda (born 1951)
* Ana Paula Maia (born 1977)
* Andréa del Fuego (born 1975)
* André de Leones (born 1980)
* André Vianco (born 1976)
* Antônio Callado (1917–1997)
* Ariano Suassuna (1927–2014)
* Athos Damasceno Ferreira (1902-1975)
* Autran Dourado (1926–2012)
* Beatriz Bracher (born 1961)
* Bernardo Carvalho (born 1960)
* Bernardo Guimarães (Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães) (1825–1884)
* Caio Fernando Abreu (1948–1996)
* Carlos Heitor Cony (1926-2018)
* Cassandra Rios (1932-2002)
* Chico Buarque (born 1944)
* Clarice Lispector (1920–1977)
* Cristovam Buarque (born 1944)
* Cristóvão Tezza (born 1952)
* Cyro dos Anjos (1906–1994)
* Daniel Galera (born 1979)
* Diná Silveira de Queirós (1911-1982)
* Érico Veríssimo (1905–1975)
* Esther Largman (born 1934)
* Fernando Sabino (1923–2004)
* Fernando Gabeira (born 1941)
* Ferréz (born 1975)
* Geovani Martins (born 1991)
* Gerardo Melo Mourão (1917-2007)
* Guimarães Rosa (1908-1967)
* Ignacio de Loyola Brandão (born 1936)
* Itamar Vieira Junior (born 1979)
* Ivan Lessa (1935–2012)
* José Paulo Lanyi (born 1970)
* José Pereira da Graça Aranha (1868–1931)
* Graciliano Ramos (1892–1953)
* João Guimarães Rosa (1908–1967)
* Hilda Hilst (1930–2004)
* Holdemar Menezes (1921–1996)
* Ivan Ângelo (born 1936)
* Jô Soares (1938–2022)
* João Almino (born 1950)
* João Gilberto Noll (1946–2017)
* João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941–2014)
* Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (1820–1882)
* Jorge Amado (1912–2001)
* José Américo de Almeida (1887–1980)
* José Cândido Carvalho (1914–1989)
* José de Alencar (1829–1877)
* José Geraldo Vieira (1897-1977)
* José J. Veiga (1915-1999)
* José Lins do Rego (1901–1957)
* José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920–1984)
* Lima Barreto (1881–1922)
* Lourenço Mutarelli (born 1964)
* Lúcio Cardoso (1913–1968)
* Luisa Geisler (born 1991)
* Luis Fernando Verissimo (born 1936)
* Lya Luft (1938–2021)
* Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923–2022)
* Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839–1908)
* Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831–1861)
* Márcia Denser (1954-2024)
* Marçal Aquino (born 1958)
* Marcelo Mirisola (born 1966)
* Márcio Souza (writer) (1946-2024)
* Marcos Rey (1925-1999)
* Maria Valéria Rezende (born 1942)
* Mário de Andrade (1893–1945)
* Marques Rebelo (1907-1973)
* Martha Medeiros (born 1961)
* Max Mallmann (1968–2016)
* Menalton Braff (born 1938)
* Moacyr Scliar (1937–2011)
* Nélida Piñon (1934-2022)
* Orígenes Lessa (1903–1986)
* Osman Lins (1924-1978)
* Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
* Pagu (1910-1962)
* Paola Giometti (born 1983)
* Patrícia Bins (1930-2008)
* Patrícia Melo (born 1962)
* Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
* Paulo Lins (born 1958)
* Paulo Scott (born 1966)
* Pedro Nava (1903–1984)
* Rachel de Queiroz (1910–2003)
* Raduan Nassar (born 1935)
* Sérgio Sant'Anna (1941–2020)
* Silviano Santiago (1936)
* Socorro Acioli (born 1975)
* Regina Rheda (born 1957)
* Roberto Drummond (1933–2002)
* Rubem Fonseca (1925–2020)
* Ruth Guimarães (1920-2014)
* Sérgio Sant'Anna (1941-2020)
* Tati Bernardi (born 1979)
* Urda Alice Klueger (born 1952)
* Valentim Magalhães (1859-1903)
* Veronica Stigger (born 1973)
* Victor Heringer (1988–2018)
* Viscount of Taunay (1843–1899)
* Antônio Gonçalves Teixeira e Souza) (1812–1861)
* Mário Palmério (1916–1996)
* Raul Pompéia (1863–1895)
* Godofredo Rangel (1884–1951)
* Marcos Rey (1925–1999) novelist
* José Rezende Filho (1929–1977)
* Júlio Ribeiro (1845–1890)
* José Sarney (born 1930)
* Bernardo Guimarães (1825–1884) (Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães)
* Betty Milan (born 1944)

## Literary critics

* Mário de Andrade (1893–1945)
* Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
* Alfredo Bosi (1936–2021)
* Antonio Candido (1918–2017)
* Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900–1978)
* Afrânio Coutinho (1911–2000)
* Araripe Júnior (1848–1911)
* Benedito Nunes (1929–2011)
* Bruno Tolentino (1940–2007)
* Wilson Martins (1921–2010)
* Tobias Barreto de Meneses (1839–1889)
* José Guilherme Merquior (1941–1991)
* Augusto Meyer (1902–1970)
* Fernandes Pinheiro (1826–1878)
* Silviano Santiago (1936)
* Sílvio Romero (1851–1914)
* Florêncio Carlos de Abreu e Silva (1839–1881) politician, critic
* José Veríssimo (1857–1916)

## Other writers

* Marcelo Cassaro (born 1970) rpg creator, comics writer
* Millôr Fernandes (1924–2012) journalist, poet, essayist
* Zélia Gattai (1916–2008) memoirist, children literature
* Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (Helena Morley) (1880–1970) memoirist
* Ricardo Semler (born 1959) business
* Gabriel Soares de Souza (1540–1591) naturalist
* Mateus Soares de Azevedo (born 1959) historian
* Malba Tahan (1895–1974) pen name for Júlio César de Mello e Souza children literature
* Adelmar Tavares (1888–1963) poet
* Franklin Távora (1842–1888) novelist
* Miguel Torres de Andrade (1926–1962) screenplay writer
* Fagundes Varela (1841–1875) poet
* António Vieira (1608–1697) preacher, historian
* Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco (1868–1916) short stories
* Austregésilo de Athayde (1898–1993) journalist
* Fabrício Carpi Nejar (born 1972) poet
* Aristides Fraga Lima (1923–c. 1996) children literature
* Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto (1864–1934) novelist
* José do Patrocínio (1853–1905) journalist
* Afrânio Peixoto (1876–1947) novelist
* Afonso Schmidt (1890–1964) journalist
* Paulo Setúbal (1893–1937) poet, novelist
* Narbal Fontes (1902–1960) children's literature
* Eduardo Portella (1932–2017) critic
* Francisco de Sales Torres Homem (1822–1891)
* Ivan Ângelo (born 1936) novelist, journalist, short stories
* Paulo Fernando Craveiro (born 1934) romance writer, chronicalist, poet, journalist
* Juliana Cunha (born 1987), journalist, writer and university professor