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
• 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 (c. 1520–1586)
• 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)^[1]
• 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)

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 (born 1944)
• Cesário Verde (1855–1886), poet
• Gil Vicente (1465–1537)

Z

• Gomes Eanes de Zurara (died 1474)
• Richard Zimler (born 1956)