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 (1956–2022) 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) Inês Botelho (born 1986) 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 (–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 (1937–2025)
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 (1942–2026) 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 (1944–2025) Cesário Verde (1855–1886), poet Gil Vicente (1465–1537)
Z Gomes Eanes de Zurara (died 1474) Richard Zimler (born 1956)
See also List of Portuguese-language poets List of Portuguese novelists List of Portuguese women writers List of Mozambican writers
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