List of Portuguese writers

This is a list of Portuguese writers, ordered alphabetically by surname.

A

 * João Aguiar (1943–2010)
 * Manuel Alegre (born 1936), poet
 * Afonso de Albuquerque (1453–1515)
 * Ana Filomena Amaral (born 1961), novelist
 * Ana Luísa Amaral (born 1956)
 * Eugénio de Andrade pseudonym of José Fontinhas (1923–2005), poet
 * Maria Archer (1899–1982)
 * Carlos Lobo de Ávila (1860-1895)

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
 * Sara Beirão (1880–1974)
 * Francisco Manuel de Melo Breyner (1837–1903)
 * Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922–2019)
 * Mercedes Blasco (1867–1961)
 * Abel Botelho (1855–1917)
 * António Botto (1892–1959)
 * Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão (1938–2007)
 * Raul Brandão (1867–1930)
 * Lurdes Breda (born 1970)

C

 * António Cabral (1931–2007)
 * Luís de Camões (1527–1580)
 * Miguel Esteves Cardoso (born 1955)
 * Fernão Lopes de Castanheda (1500–1559)
 * Camilo Castelo Branco (1825–1890)
 * António Feliciano de Castilho (1800–1875)
 * Eugénio de Castro (1869–1944)
 * Ferreira de Castro (1898–1974)
 * Públia Hortênsia de Castro (1548–1595), humanist and courtier
 * Maria Rosa Colaço (1935–2004), children's writer and journalist
 * Gaspar Correia (1492–1563), 16th-century historian
 * Hélia Correia (born 1949)
 * Natália Correia (1923–1993)
 * Maria Velho da Costa (1938–2020)

D

 * Luísa Dacosta (1927–2015)
 * Júlio Dantas (1876–1962), journalist, writer
 * João de Deus (1830–1896), poet, writer, teacher of a new read-learning method
 * José António Duro (1875–1899), poet

E

 * Florbela Espanca (1894–1930), poet, writer
 * Sofia Ester (born 1978)

F

 * Cristóvão Falcão (1512–1557)
 * José Fernandes Fafe, (1927–2017)
 * António Ferreira (poet) (1528–1569)
 * José Gomes Ferreira (1900–1985)
 * Vergílio Ferreira (1916–1996)
 * Lília da Fonseca (1906-1991)
 * Manuel da Fonseca (1911–1993)
 * Raquel Freire (born 1973), screenwriter, novelist

G

 * Joana da Gama (c. 1520–1586)
 * 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 (1942–2014)
 * Pedro Guilherme-Moreira (born 1969)

H

 * Herberto Helder (1930–2015), 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
 * Maria Gabriela Llansol (1931–2008)
 * Rosa Lobato Faria (1932–2010)
 * António Lobo Antunes (born 1942)
 * Fernão Lopes (1385–1460)

M

 * António de Macedo (1931–2017)
 * Álvaro Magalhães (born 1951)
 * Maria Aurora (1937–2010), poet, novelist, children's writer
 * Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004)
 * Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins (1845-1894)
 * Francisco Manuel de Melo (1608–1666)
 * José Bragança de Miranda (born 1953), essayist
 * Wenceslau de Moraes (1854–1929), poet, writer, orientalist
 * David Mourão-Ferreira (1927–1996), poet, novelist, critic
 * Valter Hugo Mãe (1971-)

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 (1509–1583)
 * 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 (1481-1558)
 * Bernardo Santareno pseudonym of António Martinho do Rosário (1924–1980)
 * Ana Eduarda Santos (born 1983), novelist
 * Ary dos Santos (1936–1984), poet
 * José Hermano Saraiva (1919-2012), historian
 * Rui Miguel Saramago (born 1969)
 * 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)
 * Isabel Stilwell (born 1960)

T

 * Urbano Tavares Rodrigues (1923–2013)
 * Manuel Tiago pseudonym of Álvaro Cunhal (1913–2005)
 * Miguel Torga (1907–1955)

V

 * Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos (1923–2006), poet
 * Joana Vaz (c. 1500 – after 1570), poet and courtier
 * 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)