List of Brazilian writers

This is a list of Brazilian writers, those born in Brazil or who have established citizenship or residency.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Writers for children

• Ana Maria Machado (born 1941)
• Daniel Munduruku (born 1964)
• Eva Furnari (born 1948)
• Fernanda Takai (born 1971)
• Francisco Marins (1922–2016)
• Júlio César de Mello e Souza (1895–1974), best known as Malba Tahan
• Leo Cunha (born 1966)
• Lúcia Benedetti (1914-1988)
• Lúcia Machado de Almeida (1910–2005)
• Lygia Bojunga (born 1932)
• Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001)
• Maria Valéria Rezende (born 1942)
• Monteiro Lobato (1882-1948)
• Nélida Piñon (1934-2022)
• Pedro Bandeira (born 1942)
• Rubem Alves (1933-2014)
• Ruth Rocha (born 1931)
• Socorro Acioli (born 1975)
• Tatiana Belinky (1919-2013)
• Ziraldo (1932-2024)

Chroniclers

• Artur Azevedo (1855-1908)
• Athos Damasceno Ferreira (1902-1975)
• Austregésilo de Athayde (1898-1993)
• Bussunda (1962-2006)
• Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987)
• Carlos Heitor Cony (1926-2018)
• Carmen Dolores (1852-1910)
• Clarice Lispector (1920-1977)
• Cora Coralina (1889-1985)
• Cyro dos Anjos (1906-1994)
• Davino Ribeiro de Sena (born 1957)
• Diná Silveira de Queirós (1911-1982)
• Elsie Lessa (1914-2000)
• Fabrício Carpi Nejar (born 1972)
• Fernanda Torres (born 1965)
• Fernando Sabino (1923–2004)
• Ferreira Gullar (1930–2016)
• Ivan Ângelo (born 1936)
• João do Rio (1881–1921)
• João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941–2014)
• José Américo de Almeida (1887-1980)
• José de Côrtes Duarte (1895–1982)
• Lêdo Ivo (1924-2012)
• Leo Cunha (born 1966)
• Lúcia Benedetti (1914-1998)
• Luis Fernando Verissimo (born 1936)
• Lya Luft (1938-2021)
• Maria Rita Kehl (born 1951)
• Maria Valéria Rezende (born 1942)
• Mário Filho (1908-1966)
• Martha Medeiros (born 1961)
• Nélida Piñon (1934-2022)
• Nelson Rodrigues (1912–1980)
• Otto Lara Resende (1922-1992)
• Paulo Mendes Campos (1922–1991)
• Pedro Bloch (1914–2004)
• Rubem Alves (1933-2014)
• Rubem Braga (1913–1990)
• Ruth Guimarães (1920-2014)
• Sérgio Porto (1923-1968)
• Tati Bernardi (born 1979)
• Vange Leonel (1963-2014)
• Victor Heringer (1988–2018)

Short story writers

• Adelina Lopes Vieira (1850–1923)
• Adriana Lisboa (born 1970)
• Adrino Aragão (born 1936)
• Alberto Mussa (born 1961)
• Alcântara Machado (1901–1935)
• Aníbal Machado (1894–1964)
• Artur Azevedo (1855-1908)
• Carmen Dolores (1852-1910)
• Clarice Lispector (1920-1977)
• Diná Silveira de Queirós (1911-1982)
• Dalton Trevisan (1925–2024)
• Fausto Fawcett (born 1957)
• Fernando Sabino (1923–2004)
• Flávio Viegas Amoreira (born 1965)
• Geovani Martins (born 1991)
• Guimarães Rosa (1908-1967)
• Gustavo Barroso (1888-1959)
• Ignacio de Loyola Brandão (born 1936)
• Itamar Vieira Junior (born 1979)
• Ivan Ângelo (born 1936)
• João do Rio (1881–1921)
• João Simões Lopes Neto (1865–1916)
• Lêdo Ivo (1924-2012)
• Marcelo Mirisola (born 1966)
• Márcia Denser (1954-2024)
• Maria Valéria Rezende (born 1942)
• Marina Colasanti (1937–2025)
• Marques Rebelo (1907-1973)
• Menalton Braff (born 1938)
• Moacyr Scliar (1937–2011)
• Murilo Rubião (1916–1991)
• Natalia Borges Polesso (born 1981)
• Nélida Piñon (1934-2022)
• Osman Lins (1924–1978)
• Otto Lara Resende (1922-1992)
• Paulo Scott (born 1966)
• Raduan Nassar (born 1935)
• Regina Rheda (born 1957)
• Rubem Fonseca (1925-2020)
• Ruth Guimarães (1920-2014)
• Sérgio Sant'Anna (1941-2020)
• Silviano Santiago (1936)
• Sonia Coutinho (1939–2013)
• Tati Bernardi (born 1979)
• Veronica Stigger (born 1973)

Nonfiction writers

• Arnaldo Jabor (1940-2022)
• Luiz Castanho de Almeida (1904–1981), priest, historian, writer
• Flavio Alves (born 1969), memoirist
• Kevin Einstein Barreto Poubel (1997–alive), grammarian
• Rubem Alves (1933–2014), theologian
• Mário de Andrade (1893–1945), poet, musicologist
• Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954), poet, essayist
• Nelson de Araújo (1926–1993), historian, folklorist
• Gustavo Barroso (1888–1959), politician
• Roger Bastide (1898–1974), sociologist
• Leonardo Boff (born 1938), theologian
• Josué de Castro (1908–1973), sociologist
• Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro (born 1952), mathematician
• Oswaldo Cruz (1872–1917), physician, epidemiologist
• Euclides da Cunha (1866–1909), sociologist
• Luís da Câmara Cascudo (Câmara Cascudo) (1898–1986) folklorist
• Alessandra Silvestri-Levy (born 1972)
• Antônio Houaiss (1915–1999) dicionarist
• Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira (1910–1989)
• José Maria da Silva Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco (1819–1880) historian
• Caio Prado Júnior (1907–1990) historian
• Celso Furtado (1920–2004) economist
• Darcy Ribeiro (1922–1997) anthropologist
• Eliane Brum (born 1966)
• Florestan Fernandes (1920–1995) historian, sociologist
• Gilberto Freyre (1900–1987) sociologist
• Joaquim Nabuco (1849–1910) memoirist, diplomat
• José Guilherme Merquior (1941–1991) philosopher, sociologist
• José Lino Grünewald (1931–2000) poet, translator
• José Mariano da Conceição Veloso (1742–1811) botanist
• Julio Ximenes Senior (1901–1975) physician
• Luiz Felipe Pondé (born 1959)
• Miguel Reale (1910–2006) law theorist
• Paulo Alfeu Junqueira Duarte (1899–1984) archaeologist
• Paulo Freire (1921–1997) educator, political theorist
• Pedro Corrêa do Lago (born 1958) writer and curator
• Plínio Salgado (1901–1975) politician
• Raymundo Faoro (1925–2003) sociologist
• Rinaldo de Lamare (1910–2002) physician
• Roberto da Matta (born 1936) anthropologist
• Ruy Barbosa (1849–1923) political theorist
• Sérgio Buarque de Holanda (1902–1982) historian
• Tristão de Athayde (Alceu Amoroso Lima) (1893–1983) journalist
• Viscount of Taunay (1843–1899) historian
• Olavo de Carvalho (1947–2022) philosopher, journalist
• Vicente Ferreira da Silva (1918–1963) logician

Playwrights

• Ariano Suassuna (1927–2014)
• Arnaldo Jabor (1940-2022)
• Artur Azevedo (1855–1908)
• Augusto Boal (1931–2009)
• Dias Gomes (1923–1999)
• Edla Van Steen (1936–2018)
• Gianfrancesco Guarnieri (1934–2006)
• Joaquim Cardozo (1897-1978)
• José Paulo Lanyi (born 1970)
• Leilah Assumpção (born 1943)
• Lúcio Cardoso (1912-1968)
• Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior (1845–1898)
• Luiz Duarte (born 1956)
• Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre (1806–1879)
• Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001)
• Maitê Proença (born 1958)
• Luís Carlos Martins Pena (1815–1848)
• Nelson Rodrigues (1912–1980)
• Osman Lins (1924-1978)
• Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
• Pedro Bloch (1914–2004)
• Plínio Marcos (1935-1999)
• Qorpo Santo (Joaquim de Campos Leão) (1829–1883)
• Vianinha (1936–1974)

Journalists

For a more comprehensive list, see List of Brazilian journalists.

• Alberto Dines (1932–2018)
• Tristão de Athayde (1893–1983)
• Austregésilo de Athayde (1898-1993)
• Carlos Heitor Cony (1926–2018)
• Carlos Lacerda (1914–1977) journalist
• Crispim do Amaral (1858-1911)
• Cyro dos Anjos (1906-1994)
• Domício da Gama (1862-1925)
• Eliane Brum (born 1966)
• Elio Gaspari (born 1944)
• Elsie Lessa (1912–2000)
• Gilberto Dimenstein (1956–2020)
• Humberto de Campos (journalist) (1886-1934)
• Ignacio de Loyola Brandão (born 1936)
• Ivan Lessa (1935–2012)
• Kevin Einstein Barreto Poubel (1997–alive), grammarian
• José do Patrocínio (1853–1905)
• José Paulo Lanyi (born 1970)
• Maria Rita Kehl (born 1951)
• Marina Colasanti (1937–2025)
• Mino Carta (1933–1934)
• Olavo de Carvalho (1947–2022)
• Otto Lara Resende (1922-1992)
• Paulo Francis (1930–1967)
• Paulo Mendes Campos (1922-1991)
• Quintino Bocaiuva (1836–1912)
• Samuel Wainer (1912–1980)
• Sebastião Nery (1932–2024)
• Sergio Buarque de Hollanda (1902–1982)
• Sérgio Porto (1923-1968)
• Zuenir Ventura (born 1931)

Poets

• Adalgisa Nery (1905–1980)
• Adélia Prado (born 1935), poet, chronicler
• Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna (1937–2025)
• Alberto de Oliveira (1859–1937)
• Alexei Bueno (born 1963)
• Alphonsus de Guimaraens (1870–1921)
• Alvarenga Peixoto (1744–1792)
• Álvares de Azevedo (1831–1852)
• Amália dos Passos Figueiroa (1845–1878)
• Américo Elísio (José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva) (1763–1838)
• Ana Cristina César (1952–1983)
• António Pereira de Sousa Caldas (1762–1814)
• Adalcinda Camarão (1914–2005)^[1]
• Arnaldo Antunes (born 1960)
• Athos Damasceno Ferreira (1902-1975)
• Artur Azevedo (1855-1908)
• Augusto de Campos (born 1931)
• Augusto de Lima (1859–1934)
• Augusto dos Anjos (1884–1914)
• Bruno Tolentino (1940–2007)
• Basílio da Gama (1741–1795)
• Domingos Caldas Barbosa (1740–1800)
• Beatriz Francisca de Assis Brandão (1779–1868)
• Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987)
• Carpinejar (born 1972)
• Casimiro de Abreu (1839–1860)
• Cassiano Ricardo (1895–1974)
• Castro Alves (1847–1862)
• Cecília Meireles (1901–1964)
• Cláudio Manuel da Costa (1729–1789)
• Conceição Evaristo (born 1946)
• Colombina (1882–1963)
• Cora Coralina (1889–1985)
• Cruz e Souza (1861–1898)
• Dante Milano (1899–1991)
• Décio Pignatari (1927–2012)
• Esmeralda Ribeiro (born 1959)
• Fabrício Carpi Nejar (born 1972)
• Ferreira Gullar (1930–2016)
• Frank Jorge (born 1966)
• Frederico Barbosa (born 1961)
• Ferreira Gullar (1930–2016)
• Gerardo Melo Mourão (1917-2007)
• Gilberto Mendonça Teles (1931–2024)
• Gonçalves Crespo (1846–1883)
• Domingos José Gonçalves de Magalhães (1811–1822)
• Gonçalves Dias (1823–1864)
• Gregório de Matos Guerra (1636–1695)
• Gustavo Dourado (born 1960)
• Haroldo de Campos (1929–2003)
• Helena Parente Cunha (1929–2023)
• Henriqueta Lisboa (1901–1985)
• Hilda Hilst (1930–2004)
• Jarid Arraes (born 1991)
• Joaquim Cardozo (1897-1978)
• João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920–1999)
• Jorge de Lima (1895–1953)
• José Américo de Almeida (1887-1980)
• Katya Chamma (born 1961)
• Lêdo Ivo (1924-2012)
• Lúcio Cardoso (1913–1968)
• Manoel de Barros (1916–2014)
• Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968)
• Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre (1806–1879)
• Marcia Theophilo (born 1941)
• Marçal Aquino (born 1958)
• Mário de Andrade (1893–1945)
• Mário Quintana (1906–1994)
• Martha Medeiros (born 1961)
• Menotti Del Picchia (1892–1988)
• Miriam Alves (born 1952)
• Murilo Mendes (1901–1975)
• Natalia Borges Polesso (born 1981)
• Paulo Mendes Campos (1922-1991)
• Olavo Bilac (1865–1918)
• Osório Duque-Estrada (1870–1927)
• Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
• Paulo Leminski (1944–1989)
• Raul Bopp (1898–1984)
• Rogério Skylab (born 1956)
• Ronald de Carvalho (1893–1935)
• Santa Rita Durão (1722–1784)
• Silva Alvarenga (1749–1814)
• Tânia Martins (1957–2021)
• Tomás Antônio Gonzaga (1744–1819)
• Torquato Neto (1944–1972)
• Valentim Magalhães (1859-1903)
• Vinícius de Moraes (1913–1980)
• Waly Salomão (1943–2003)

Novelists

• A. C. Frieden (born 1966)
• Adolfo Caminha (1867–1897)
• Adonias Filho (1915–1990)
• Alberto Mussa (born 1961)
• Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (1880-1970)
• Aluísio de Azevedo (1857–1913)
• Ana Miranda (born 1951)
• Ana Paula Maia (born 1977)
• Andréa del Fuego (born 1975)
• André de Leones (born 1980)
• André Vianco (born 1976)
• Antônio Callado (1917–1997)
• Ariano Suassuna (1927–2014)
• Athos Damasceno Ferreira (1902-1975)
• Autran Dourado (1926–2012)
• Beatriz Bracher (born 1961)
• Bernardo Carvalho (born 1960)
• Bernardo Guimarães (Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães) (1825–1884)
• Caio Fernando Abreu (1948–1996)
• Carlos Heitor Cony (1926-2018)
• Cassandra Rios (1932-2002)
• Chico Buarque (born 1944)
• Clarice Lispector (1920–1977)
• Cristovam Buarque (born 1944)
• Cristóvão Tezza (born 1952)
• Cyro dos Anjos (1906–1994)
• Daniel Galera (born 1979)
• Diná Silveira de Queirós (1911-1982)
• Érico Veríssimo (1905–1975)
• Esther Largman (born 1934)
• Fernando Sabino (1923–2004)
• Fernando Gabeira (born 1941)
• Ferréz (born 1975)
• Geovani Martins (born 1991)
• Gerardo Melo Mourão (1917-2007)
• Guimarães Rosa (1908-1967)
• Ignacio de Loyola Brandão (born 1936)
• Itamar Vieira Junior (born 1979)
• Ivan Lessa (1935–2012)
• José Paulo Lanyi (born 1970)
• José Pereira da Graça Aranha (1868–1931)
• Graciliano Ramos (1892–1953)
• João Guimarães Rosa (1908–1967)
• Hilda Hilst (1930–2004)
• Holdemar Menezes (1921–1996)
• Ivan Ângelo (born 1936)
• Jô Soares (1938–2022)
• João Almino (born 1950)
• João Gilberto Noll (1946–2017)
• João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941–2014)
• Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (1820–1882)
• Jorge Amado (1912–2001)
• José Américo de Almeida (1887–1980)
• José Cândido Carvalho (1914–1989)
• José de Alencar (1829–1877)
• José Geraldo Vieira (1897-1977)
• José J. Veiga (1915-1999)
• José Lins do Rego (1901–1957)
• José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920–1984)
• Lima Barreto (1881–1922)
• Lourenço Mutarelli (born 1964)
• Lúcio Cardoso (1913–1968)
• Luisa Geisler (born 1991)
• Luis Fernando Verissimo (born 1936)
• Lya Luft (1938–2021)
• Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923–2022)
• Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839–1908)
• Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831–1861)
• Márcia Denser (1954-2024)
• Marçal Aquino (born 1958)
• Marcelo Mirisola (born 1966)
• Márcio Souza (writer) (1946-2024)
• Marcos Rey (1925-1999)
• Maria Valéria Rezende (born 1942)
• Mário de Andrade (1893–1945)
• Marques Rebelo (1907-1973)
• Martha Medeiros (born 1961)
• Max Mallmann (1968–2016)
• Menalton Braff (born 1938)
• Moacyr Scliar (1937–2011)
• Nélida Piñon (1934-2022)
• Orígenes Lessa (1903–1986)
• Osman Lins (1924-1978)
• Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
• Pagu (1910-1962)
• Paola Giometti (born 1983)
• Patrícia Bins (1930-2008)
• Patrícia Melo (born 1962)
• Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
• Paulo Lins (born 1958)
• Paulo Scott (born 1966)
• Pedro Nava (1903–1984)
• Rachel de Queiroz (1910–2003)
• Raduan Nassar (born 1935)
• Sérgio Sant'Anna (1941–2020)
• Silviano Santiago (1936)
• Socorro Acioli (born 1975)
• Regina Rheda (born 1957)
• Roberto Drummond (1933–2002)
• Rubem Fonseca (1925–2020)
• Ruth Guimarães (1920-2014)
• Sérgio Sant'Anna (1941-2020)
• Tati Bernardi (born 1979)
• Urda Alice Klueger (born 1952)
• Valentim Magalhães (1859-1903)
• Veronica Stigger (born 1973)
• Victor Heringer (1988–2018)
• Viscount of Taunay (1843–1899)
• Antônio Gonçalves Teixeira e Souza) (1812–1861)
• Mário Palmério (1916–1996)
• Raul Pompéia (1863–1895)
• Godofredo Rangel (1884–1951)
• Marcos Rey (1925–1999) novelist
• José Rezende Filho (1929–1977)
• Júlio Ribeiro (1845–1890)
• José Sarney (born 1930)
• Bernardo Guimarães (1825–1884) (Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães)
• Betty Milan (born 1944)

Literary critics

• Mário de Andrade (1893–1945)
• Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
• Alfredo Bosi (1936–2021)
• Antonio Candido (1918–2017)
• Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900–1978)
• Afrânio Coutinho (1911–2000)
• Araripe Júnior (1848–1911)
• Benedito Nunes (1929–2011)
• Bruno Tolentino (1940–2007)
• Wilson Martins (1921–2010)
• Tobias Barreto de Meneses (1839–1889)
• José Guilherme Merquior (1941–1991)
• Augusto Meyer (1902–1970)
• Fernandes Pinheiro (1826–1878)
• Silviano Santiago (1936)
• Sílvio Romero (1851–1914)
• Florêncio Carlos de Abreu e Silva (1839–1881) politician, critic
• José Veríssimo (1857–1916)

Other writers

• Marcelo Cassaro (born 1970) rpg creator, comics writer
• Millôr Fernandes (1924–2012) journalist, poet, essayist
• Zélia Gattai (1916–2008) memoirist, children literature
• Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (Helena Morley) (1880–1970) memoirist
• Ricardo Semler (born 1959) business
• Gabriel Soares de Souza (1540–1591) naturalist
• Mateus Soares de Azevedo (born 1959) historian
• Malba Tahan (1895–1974) pen name for Júlio César de Mello e Souza children literature
• Adelmar Tavares (1888–1963) poet
• Franklin Távora (1842–1888) novelist
• Miguel Torres de Andrade (1926–1962) screenplay writer
• Fagundes Varela (1841–1875) poet
• António Vieira (1608–1697) preacher, historian
• Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco (1868–1916) short stories
• Austregésilo de Athayde (1898–1993) journalist
• Fabrício Carpi Nejar (born 1972) poet
• Aristides Fraga Lima (1923–c. 1996) children literature
• Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto (1864–1934) novelist
• José do Patrocínio (1853–1905) journalist
• Afrânio Peixoto (1876–1947) novelist
• Afonso Schmidt (1890–1964) journalist
• Paulo Setúbal (1893–1937) poet, novelist
• Narbal Fontes (1902–1960) children's literature
• Eduardo Portella (1932–2017) critic
• Francisco de Sales Torres Homem (1822–1891)
• Ivan Ângelo (born 1936) novelist, journalist, short stories
• Paulo Fernando Craveiro (born 1934) romance writer, chronicalist, poet, journalist
• Juliana Cunha (born 1987), journalist, writer and university professor