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 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) 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 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 Joaquim Paço d'Arcos (1908-1979), novelist, poet 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 (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)