# List of Portuguese women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Portugal or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

## A

* Isabel Alçada (born 1950), children's writer
* Rita Almeida (born 1974), economist, non-fiction writer
* Ana Filomena Amaral (born 1961), historian, novelist
* Ana Luísa Amaral (born 1956), poet
* Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004), poet

## B

* Maria Isabel Barreno (1939–2016)
* Sara Beirão (1880–1974)
* Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922–2019), novelist, theatre writer, essayist, children's writer, short story writer
* Mercedes Blasco (1867–1961), memoirist, translator, journalist, novelist and playwright
* Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão (1938–2007), poet, dramatist, translator, essayist
* Lurdes Breda (born 1970), poet and children's writer

## C

* Amélia dos Santos Costa Cardia (1855–1938)
* Cláudia de Campos (1859–1916), writer and activist
* Dulce Maria Cardoso (born 1964), novelist
* Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho (1847–1921)
* Maria Judite de Carvalho (1921–1998), novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright
* Públia Hortênsia de Castro (1548–1595), poet and humanist
* Violante do Ceo (1601 or 1607–1693), poet
* Francisca Clotilde (1862-1935), Brazilian writer
* Sara Pinto Coelho (1913–1990), playwright, novelist, short story writer, and children's writer
* Maria Rosa Colaço (1935–2004), children's writer and journalist
* Clara Pinto Correia (born 1960), novelist, journalist
* Hélia Correia (born 1949)
* Natália Correia (1923–1993), poet, novelist, essayist
* Maria Velho da Costa (1938–2020)

## D

* Luísa Dacosta (1927–2015)
* Ana Daniel (1928–2011), poet
* Vimala Devi (born 1932), writer, poet, translator

## E

* Florbela Espanca (1894–1930), poet
* Sofia Ester (born 1978)

## F

* Rosa Lobato de Faria (1932–2010), scriptwriter, novelists, poet, songwriter
* Susana Félix (born 1975), songwriter
* Lília da Fonseca (1906-1991), feminist writer and journalist
* Raquel Freire (born 1973), screenwriter, novelist

## G

* Joana da Gama (c. 1520–1586), author
* Teolinda Gersão (born 1940), novelist, educator
* Luísa Costa Gomes, chronicler, librettist, novelist, playwright, screenwriter
* Ana Maria Gonçalves (born 1970), novelist
* Olga Gonçalves (1929–2004), poet, novelist
* Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez (born 1958), children's writer, writer of young adult literature
* Lutegarda Guimarães de Caires (1873–1935), poet and women's rights activist
* Regina Guimarães (born 1957), poet, playwright, lyricist

## H

* Ana Hatherly (1929–2015), poet, pioneer of experimental poetry
* Maria Teresa Horta (born 1937), feminist poet, journalist

## J

* Lídia Jorge (born 1946), novelist

## L

* Bernarda de Lacerda (1596–1644), playwright
* Irene Lisboa (1892–1958), short story writer, poet, essayist, educational writer
* Susan Lowndes Marques (1907–1993), travel books about Portugal

## M

* Maria Aurora (1937–2010), journalist, poet, novelist, children's writer, associated with Madeira
* Isa Meireles (c. 1932–2008), journalist, children's writer
* Eugénia Melo e Castro (born 1958), songwriter
* Pilar Homem de Melo (born 1963), songwriter
* Isabel Meyrelles (born 1929), poet, sculptor
* Amélia Muge (born 1952), lyricist

## O

* Raquel Ochoa (born 1980), journalist, travel writer and novelist

## P

* Inês Pedrosa (born 1962), journalist, novelist, short story writer, children's writer, playwright
* Ana Teresa Pereira (born 1958), novelist
* Ana Plácido (1831–1895), novelist

## S

* Isabel Stilwell (born 1960) Historical novels

## V

* Joana Vaz (c. 1500–1570), Latin scholar and poet
* Amélia Veiga (born 1931), Portuguese-born Angolan poet, educator
* Mafalda Veiga (born 1965), songwriter
* Ana Vicente (1943–2015), feminist and children's writer
* Alice Vieira (born 1943), children's writer
* Virgínia Vitorino (1895–1967), poet and playwright