List of Portuguese writers

A

João Aguiar (1943–2010)

Manuel Alegre (born 1936), poet

Afonso de Albuquerque (1453–1515)

Ana Luísa Amaral (born 1956)

Eugénio de Andrade pseudonym of José Fontinhas (1923–2005), poet

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

Agustina Bessa-Luís (born 1922)

Abel Botelho (1855–1917)

António Botto (1892–1959)

Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão (1938–2007)

Raul Brandão (1867–1930)

C

António Cabral (1931-2007)

Luís de Camões (died 1580)

Miguel Esteves Cardoso (born 1955)

Fernão Lopes de Castanheda (died 1559)

Camilo Castelo Branco (1825–1890)

António Feliciano de Castilho (1800–1875)

Eugénio de Castro (1869–1944)

Ferreira de Castro (1898–1974)

Gaspar Correia, 16th-century historian

Hélia Correia (born 1949)

Natália Correia (1923–1993)

Maria Velho da Costa (born 1938)

D

Luísa Dacosta (born 1927)

Júlio Dantas (1876–1962), journalist, writer

João de Deus (1830–1896), poet, writer, teacher of a new read-learning method

E

Florbela Espanca (1894–1930), poet, writer

Sofia Ester (born 1978)

F

Cristóvão Falcão (died 1557)

José Fernandes Fafe, (born 1927)

António Ferreira (1528–1569)

José Gomes Ferreira (1900–1985)

Vergílio Ferreira (1916–1996)

Manuel da Fonseca (1911–1993)

Raquel Freire (born 1973), screenwriter, novelist

G

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 (born 1942)

Pedro Guilherme-Moreira (born 1969)

H

Herberto Helder (born 1930), 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

Rosa Lobato Faria (1932–2010)

António Lobo Antunes (born 1942)

Fernão Lopes (died after 1459)

M

António de Macedo (born 1931)

Álvaro Magalhães (born 1951)

Maria Aurora (1937–2010), poet, novelist, children's writer

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004)

Francisco Manuel de Melo (1608–1666)

Wenceslau de Moraes (1854–1929), poet, writer, orientalist

David Mourão-Ferreira (1927–1996), poet, novelist, critic

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 (died 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 (died 1558)

Bernardo Santareno pseudonym of António Martinho do Rosário (1924–1980)

Ary dos Santos (1936–1984), poet

José Hermano Saraiva (born 1919), historian

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)

T

Urbano Tavares Rodrigues (born 1923)

Manuel Tiago pseudonym of Álvaro Cunhal (1913–2005)

Miguel Torga (1907–1955)

V

Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos (1923–2006), poet

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)