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