List of Portuguese writers
This is a list of Portuguese writers, ordered alphabetically by surname.
A
- João Aguiar
- Manuel Alegre, poet
- Afonso de Albuquerque
- Ana Filomena Amaral, novelist
- Ana Luísa Amaral
- Eugénio de Andrade pseudonym of José Fontinhas, poet
- Maria Archer
- Carlos Lobo de Ávila
B
- António Gonçalves de Bandarra
- Ana de Sousa Baptista
- João de Barros, historian
- Ruy Belo
- Al Berto pseudonym of Alberto Raposo Pidwell Tavares, poet
- Sara Beirão
- Francisco Manuel de Melo Breyner
- Agustina Bessa-Luís
- Mercedes Blasco
- Abel Botelho
- Inês Botelho
- António Botto
- Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão
- Raul Brandão
- Lurdes Breda
C
- António Cabral
- Luís de Camões
- Miguel Esteves Cardoso
- Fernão Lopes de Castanheda
- Camilo Castelo Branco
- António Feliciano de Castilho
- Eugénio de Castro
- Ferreira de Castro
- Públia Hortênsia de Castro, humanist and courtier
- Maria Rosa Colaço, children's writer and journalist
- Gaspar Correia, 16th-century historian
- Hélia Correia
- Natália Correia
- Maria Velho da Costa
D
- Luísa Dacosta
- Júlio Dantas, journalist, writer
- João de Deus, poet, writer, teacher of a new read-learning method
- José [António Duro], poet
E
- Florbela Espanca, poet, writer
- Sofia Ester
F
- Cristóvão Falcão
- José Fernandes Fafe,
- António Ferreira (poet)
- José Gomes Ferreira
- Vergílio Ferreira
- Lília da Fonseca
- Manuel da Fonseca
- Raquel Freire, screenwriter, novelist
G
- Joana da Gama
- Almeida Garrett, playwright
- António Gedeão, writer, doctor, poet
- Augusto Gil, poet
- Damião de Góis
- Vasco Graça Moura
- Pedro Guilherme-Moreira
H
- Herberto Helder, poet
- Alexandre Herculano, writer, poet, major historian
- Maria Teresa Horta
J
L
- Irene Lisboa, poet, essayist
- Maria Gabriela Llansol
- Rosa Lobato Faria
- António Lobo Antunes
- Fernão Lopes
M
- António de Macedo
- Álvaro Magalhães
- Maria Aurora, poet, novelist, children's writer
- Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
- Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins
- Francisco Manuel de Melo
- José Bragança de Miranda, essayist
- Wenceslau de Moraes, poet, writer, orientalist
- David Mourão-Ferreira, poet, novelist, critic
- Valter Hugo Mãe
N
O
- Raquel Ochoa
- Carlos de Oliveira
- Alexandre O'Neill
- Ramalho Ortigão
- Ana de Castro Osório, writer, journalist, pioneer of feminism
P
- Luiz Pacheco, writer, polemist, literature critic
- Teixeira de Pascoaes, poet, writer
- Inês Pedrosa, journalist, novelist, short story writer, children's writer, playwright
- José Luís Peixoto
- Soeiro Pereira Gomes, neo-realist writer
- Camilo Pessanha, poet
- Fernando Pessoa, poet
- Fernão Mendes Pinto
- José Cardoso Pires
Q
R
- Alves Redol, neo-realist writer
- José Régio pseudonym of José Maria dos Reis Pereira
- Garcia de Resende
- Aquilino Ribeiro, neo-realist writer
- Bernardim Ribeiro
- Francisco Rodrigues Lobo
S
- Mário de Sá-Carneiro
- Francisco de Sá de Miranda
- Bernardo Santareno pseudonym of António Martinho do Rosário
- Ana Eduarda Santos, novelist
- Ary [dos Santos], poet
- José Hermano Saraiva, historian
- Rui Miguel Saramago
- José Saramago, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998
- António Sardinha
- Agostinho da Silva
- António José da Silva, dramatist
- Miguel Sousa Tavares
- Isabel Stilwell
T
- Urbano Tavares Rodrigues
- Manuel Tiago pseudonym of Álvaro Cunhal
- Miguel Torga
V
- Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos, poet
- Joana Vaz, poet and courtier
- Álvaro Velho
- Fernando Venâncio
- Cesário Verde, poet
- Gil Vicente