List of Portuguese women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Portugal or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

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.

A

• Isabel Alçada (born 1950), children's writer
• Rita Almeida (born 1974), economist, non-fiction writer
• Ana Filomena Amaral (born 1961), historian, novelist
• Ana Luísa Amaral (1956–2022), poet
• Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004), poet

B

• Maria Isabel Barreno (1939–2016)
• Sara Beirão (1880–1974)
• Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922–2019), novelist, theatre writer, essayist, children's writer, short story writer
• Mercedes Blasco (1867–1961), memoirist, translator, journalist, novelist and playwright
• Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão (1938–2007), poet, dramatist, translator, essayist
• Lurdes Breda (born 1970), poet and children's writer

C

• Amélia dos Santos Costa Cardia (1855–1938)
• Cláudia de Campos (1859–1916), writer and activist
• Dulce Maria Cardoso (born 1964), novelist
• Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho (1847–1921)
• Maria Judite de Carvalho (1921–1998), novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright
• Públia Hortênsia de Castro (1548–1595), poet and humanist
• Violante do Ceo (1601 or 1607–1693), poet
• Francisca Clotilde (1862-1935), Brazilian writer
• Sara Pinto Coelho (1913–1990), playwright, novelist, short story writer, and children's writer
• Maria Rosa Colaço (1935–2004), children's writer and journalist
• Clara Pinto Correia (born 1960), novelist, journalist
• Hélia Correia (born 1949)
• Natália Correia^[1] (1923–1993), poet, novelist, essayist
• Maria Velho da Costa (1938–2020)

D

• Luísa Dacosta (1927–2015)
• Ana Daniel (1928–2011), poet
• Vimala Devi (born 1932), writer, poet, translator

E

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

F

• Rosa Lobato de Faria (1932–2010), scriptwriter, novelists, poet, songwriter
• Susana Félix (born 1975), songwriter
• Lília da Fonseca (1906-1991), feminist writer and journalist
• Raquel Freire (born 1973), screenwriter, novelist

G

• Joana da Gama (c. 1520–1586), author
• Teolinda Gersão (born 1940), novelist, educator
• Luísa Costa Gomes, chronicler, librettist, novelist, playwright, screenwriter
• Ana Maria Gonçalves (born 1970), novelist^[2]
• Olga Gonçalves (1929–2004), poet, novelist
• Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez (born 1958), children's writer, writer of young adult literature
• Lutegarda Guimarães de Caires (1873–1935), poet and women's rights activist
• Regina Guimarães (born 1957), poet, playwright, lyricist

H

• Ana Hatherly (1929–2015), poet, pioneer of experimental poetry
• Maria Teresa Horta (1937–2025), feminist poet, journalist

J

• Lídia Jorge (born 1946), novelist

L

• Bernarda de Lacerda (1596–1644), playwright
• Irene Lisboa (1892–1958), short story writer, poet, essayist, educational writer
• Susan Lowndes Marques (1907–1993), travel books about Portugal

M

• Maria Aurora (1937–2010), journalist, poet, novelist, children's writer, associated with Madeira
• Isa Meireles (c. 1932–2008), journalist, children's writer
• Eugénia Melo e Castro (born 1958), songwriter
• Pilar Homem de Melo (born 1963), songwriter
• Isabel Meyrelles (born 1929), poet, sculptor
• Amélia Muge (born 1952), lyricist

O

• Raquel Ochoa (born 1980), journalist, travel writer and novelist

P

• Inês Pedrosa (born 1962), journalist, novelist, short story writer, children's writer, playwright
• Ana Teresa Pereira (born 1958), novelist
• Ana Plácido (1831–1895), novelist

S

• Isabel Stilwell (born 1960) Historical novels

V

• Joana Vaz (c. 1500–1570), Latin scholar and poet
• Amélia Veiga (born 1931), Portuguese-born Angolan poet, educator
• Mafalda Veiga (born 1965), songwriter
• Ana Vicente (1943–2015), feminist and children's writer
• Alice Vieira (born 1943), children's writer
• Virgínia Vitorino (1895–1967), poet and playwright

See also

• List of Portuguese writers
• List of women writers

Further reading

• Dicionário de escritoras portuguesas das origens à actualidade (in Portuguese)^[3]