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

References