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)
 * Francisco Marins (1922–2016)
 * 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 (1941–2014)
 * José de Côrtes Duarte (1895–1982)
 * Luis Fernando Verissimo (born 1936)
 * Paulo Mendes Campos (1922–1991)
 * Pedro Bloch (1914–2004)
 * Rubem Braga (1913–1990)
 * Tati Bernardi (born 1979)

Short story writers

 * Adrino Aragão (born 1936)
 * Aníbal Machado (1894–1964)
 * 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)

Nonfiction writers

 * Luiz Castanho de Almeida (1904–1981), priest, historian, writer
 * Flavio Alves (born 1969), memoirist
 * 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
 * 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
 * Olavo de Carvalho (1947–2022) philosopher, journalist
 * Vicente Ferreira da Silva (1918–1963) logician

Playwrights

 * Ariano Suassuna (1927–2014)
 * Artur Azevedo (1855–1908)
 * Augusto Boal (1931–2009)
 * Dias Gomes (1923–1999)
 * Edla Van Steen (1936–2018)
 * 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 (1806–1879)
 * 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 (1932–2018)
 * Tristão de Athayde (1893–1983)
 * Carlos Heitor Cony (1926–2018)
 * Carlos Lacerda (1914–1977) journalist
 * Elio Gaspari (born 1944)
 * Elsie Lessa (1912–2000)
 * Gilberto Dimenstein (1956–2020)
 * Ivan Lessa (1935–2012)
 * José do Patrocínio (1853–1905)
 * José Paulo Lanyi (born 1970)
 * Mino Carta (1933–1934)
 * Paulo Francis (1930–1967)
 * Quintino Bocaiuva (1836–1912)
 * Samuel Wainer (1912–1980)
 * Sergio Buarque de Hollanda (1902–1982)
 * Sebastião Nery (born 1932)
 * Zuenir Ventura (born 1931)
 * Olavo de Carvalho (1947–2022)

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)
 * Adalcinda Camarão (1914–2005)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Colombina (1882–1963)
 * Cora Coralina (1889–1985)
 * Cruz e Souza (1861–1898)
 * Dante Milano (1899–1991)
 * Décio Pignatari (1927–2012)
 * Esmeralda Ribeiro (born 1959)
 * Ferreira Gullar (1930–2016)
 * Frank Jorge (born 1966)
 * Frederico Barbosa (born 1961)
 * 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)
 * João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920–1999)
 * Jorge de Lima (1895–1953)
 * Katya Chamma (born 1961)
 * Manoel de Barros (1916–2014)
 * Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968)
 * Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre (1806–1879)
 * Marcia Theophilo (born 1941)
 * Mário de Andrade (1893–1945)
 * Mário 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 (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)
 * Vinícius de Moraes (1913–1980)
 * Waly Salomão (1943–2003)

Novelists

 * A. C. Frieden (born 1966)
 * Adolfo Caminha (1867–1897)
 * Adonias Filho (1915–1990)
 * Aluísio de Azevedo (1857–1913)
 * Ana Miranda (born 1951)
 * André de Leones (born 1980)
 * André Vianco (born 1976)
 * Antônio Callado (1917–1997)
 * Ariano Suassuna (1927–2014)
 * Autran Dourado (1926–2012)
 * 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 (born 1944)
 * Cristóvão Tezza (born 1952)
 * Cyro dos Anjos (1906–1994)
 * Érico Veríssimo (1905–1975)
 * Esther Largman (born 1934)
 * Fernando Sabino (1923–2004)
 * Fernando Gabeira (born 1941)
 * 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 (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 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 (1938–2021)
 * Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923–2022)
 * Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839–1908)
 * Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831–1861)
 * Márcio Souza (born 1946) novelist
 * Mário de Andrade (1893–1945)
 * Max Mallmann (1968–2016)
 * Moacyr Scliar (1937–2011)
 * Orígenes Lessa (1903–1986)
 * Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
 * Paola Giometti (born 1983)
 * Patrícia Bins (1930-2008)
 * Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
 * Paulo Lins (born 1958)
 * 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 (1925–2020)
 * Victor Heringer (1988–2018)
 * Viscount of Taunay (1843–1899)
 * Antônio Gonçalves Teixeira e Souza) (1812–1861)
 * Urda Alice Klueger (born 1952)
 * 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 (1941–2020) novelist
 * José Sarney (born 1930) novelist
 * Bernardo Guimarães (1825–1884) (Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães) - novelist, poet
 * Betty Milan (born 1944), psychoanalyst, novelist, essayist, playwright

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) 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 (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