List of Brazilian writers

Writers for Children

Ana Maria Machado (born 1941)

Francisco Marins (born 1922)

Lúcia Machado de Almeida (1910–2005)

Júlio César de Mello e Souza (1895–1974), best known as Malba Tahan

Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001)

José Bento Monteiro Lobato (1882–1948)

Socorro Acioli (born 1975)

Daniel Munduruku (born 1964)

Chroniclers

Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987)

Fernando Sabino (1923–2004)

João do Rio (1881–1921)

João Ubaldo Ribeiro (born 1941)

José de Côrtes Duarte (1895–1982)

Luís Fernando Veríssimo (born 1936)

Paulo Mendes Campos (1922–1991)

Pedro Bloch (1914–2004)

Rubem Braga (1913–1990)

Short Story Writers

Aníbal Machado

Alcântara Machado (1901–1935)

Dalton Trevisan (born 1925)

João Simões Lopes Neto (1865–1916)

Márcia Denser (born 1949)

Murilo Rubião (1916–1991)

Osman Lins (1924–1978)

Regina Rheda (born 1957)

Sonia Coutinho (1939–2013)

Non-Fiction Writers

Flavio Alves (born 1969) memoirist

Rubem Alves (born 1933) 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) folclorist

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

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

Miguel Reale (1910–2006) law theorist

Paulo Alfeu Junqueira Duarte (1899–1984) archaeologist

Paulo Freire (1921–1997) educator, political theorist

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

Playwrights

Ariano Suassuna (born 1927)

Artur Azevedo (1855–1908)

Augusto Boal (1931–2009)

Dias Gomes (1923–1999)

Edla Van Steen (born 1936)

Gianfrancesco Guarnieri (1934–2006)

José Paulo Lanyi (born 1970)

Leilah Assumpção (born 1943)

Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior (1845–1898)

Luiz Duarte (born 1956)

Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre (1777–1838)

Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001)

Luís Carlos Martins Pena (1815–1848)

Nelson Rodrigues (1912–1980)

Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)

Pedro Bloch (1914–2004)

Qorpo Santo (Joaquim de Campos Leão) (1829–1883)

Vianinha (1936–1974)

Journalists

Alberto Dines (1932)

Tristão de Athayde (1893–1983)

Carlos Heitor Cony (born 1926)

Carlos Lacerda (1914–1977) journalist

Elio Gaspari (1944)

Elsie Lessa (1912–2000)

Gilberto Dimenstein (1956)

Ivan Lessa (born 1935)

José do Patrocínio

José Paulo Lanyi (born 1970)

Mino Carta (1933–1934)

Paulo Francis (1930–1967)

Quintino Bocaiúva

Samuel Wainer (1912–1980)

Sergio Buarque de Hollanda (1902–1982)

Sebastião Nery

Zuenir Ventura

Poets

Adalgisa Nery (1905–1980)

Adélia Prado (born 1935) poet, chronicler

Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna (born 1937)

Alberto de Oliveira (1859–1937)

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)

Arnaldo Antunes (born 1960)

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)

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)

Colombina (1882–1963)

Cora Coralina (1889–1985)

Cruz e Souza (1861–1898)

Dante Milano (1899–1991)

Décio Pignatari (born 1927)

Esmeralda Ribeiro (born 1958)

Ferreira Gullar (born 1930)

Frederico Barbosa

Gilberto Mendonça Teles (born 1931)

Gonçalves Crespo (1846–1883) Portuguese poet

Domingos 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)

João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920–1999)

Jorge de Lima (1895–1953)

Katya Chamma (born 1961)

Manoel de Barros (born 1916)

Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968)

Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre (1777–1838)

Marcia Theophilo (born 1941)

Mário de Andrade (1893–1945)

Mario Quintana (1906–1994)

Menotti Del Picchia (1892–1988)

Miriam Alves (born 1952)

Murilo Mendes (1901–1975)

Olavo Bilac (1865–1918)

Osório Duque-Estrada (1870–1927)

Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)

Paulo Leminski

Raul Bopp (1898–1984)

Ronald de Carvalho (1893–1935)

Santa Rita Durão (1722–1784)

Silva Alvarenga (1749–1814)

Tomás Antônio Gonzaga (1744–1819)

Torquato Neto (1944–1972)

Vinícius de Moraes (1913–1980)

Waly Salomão

Novelists

A. C. Frieden (born 1966)

Adiel Machado (born 1990)

Adolfo Caminha (1867–1897)

Adonias Filho (1915–1990)

Aluísio de Azevedo (1857–1913)

Ana Miranda (born 1951)

André de Leones (born 1980)

Antônio Callado (1917–1997)

Ariano Suassuna

Autran Dourado (born 1926)

Bernardo Carvalho (born 1960)

Bernardo Guimarães (Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães) (1825–1884)

Caio Fernando Abreu (1948–1996) novelist, short stories

Chico Buarque (born 1944)

Clarice Lispector (1925–1977)

Cristovam Buarque

Cristóvão Tezza (born 1952)

Cyro dos Anjos (1906–1994)

Érico Veríssimo (1905–1975)

Fernando Sabino

Fernando Gabeira (1943)

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)

João Almino (born 1950)

João Gilberto Noll (born 1946)

João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941)

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 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)

Lya Luft (born 1938)

Lygia Fagundes Telles (born 1923)

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839–1908)

Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831–1861)

Márcio Souza (born 1946) novelist

Mário de Andrade (1893–1945)

Moacyr Scliar (born 1937)

Orígenes Lessa (1903–1986)

Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)

Paulo Coelho (born 1947)

Paulo Lins

Rachel de Queiroz (1910–2003)

Socorro Acioli (born 1975) novelist, journalist

Raduan Nassar (born 1935)

Regina Rheda (born 1957)

Roberto Drummond (1933–2002)

Rubem Fonseca (born 1925)

Sérsi Bardari (born 1954)

Viscount of Taunay (1843–1899)

Antônio Gonçalves Teixeira e Souza) (1812–1861)

Urda Alice Klueger

Pedro Nava (1903–1984) novelist

Mário Palmério (1916–1996) novelist

Nélida Piñon (born 1937) novelist

Raul Pompéia (1863–1895) novelist

Godofredo Rangel (1884–1951) novelist

Marcos Rey (1925–1999) novelist

José Rezende Filho (1929–1977) novelist

Júlio Ribeiro (1845–1890) novelist

Sérgio Sant'Anna (born 1941) novelist

José Sarney novelist

Bernardo Guimarães (Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães) - novelist, poet

Literary Critics

Mário de Andrade (1893–1945)

Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)

Alfredo Bosi (born 1936)

Antonio Candido (born 1965)

Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900–1978)

Afrânio Coutinho (1911–2000)

Araripe Júnior (1848–1911)

Benedito Nunes (1929–2011) critic

Wilson Martins (1921–2010)

Tobias Barreto de Meneses (1839–1889)

José Guilherme Merquior (1941–1991)

Augusto Meyer (1902–1970)

Fernandes Pinheiro (1826–1878)

Sílvio Romero (1851–1914)

Florêncio Carlos de Abreu e Silva (1839–1881) politician, critic

José Veríssimo (1857–1916)

Other writers

Marcelo Cassaro (1970) rpg creator, comics writer

Millôr Fernandes (1924-2012) journalist, poet, essayst

Zélia Gattai (1916–2008) memoirist, children literature

Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (Helena Morley) memoirist

Ricardo Semler business

Gabriel Soares de Souza naturalist

Mateus Soares de Azevedo historian

Malba Tahan (1895–1974) pen name for Júlio César de Mello e Souza children literature

Adelmar Tavares poet

Franklin Távora (1842–1888) novelist

Miguel Torres de Andrade screenplay writer

Fagundes Varela (1841–1875) poet

Antônio Vieira (1608–1697) preacher, historian

Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco (1868–1916) short stories

Austregésilo de Athayde journalist

Fabrício Carpi Nejar poet

Aristides Fraga Lima (1923 – c. 1996) children literature

Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto (1864–1934) novelist

José do Patrocínio 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 - 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