This is a list of women writers who were born in

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or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

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* Isabel Alçada (born 1950), children's writer *

Rita Almeida Rita K. Almeida (born 1974) is a Portuguese economist who joined the World Bank in 2002 as a research economist. After serving as a senior economist with responsibilities for lending and analysis in support of education in Latin America, Eastern Eu ...

(born 1974), economist, non-fiction writer *

Ana Luísa Amaral Ana Luísa Amaral (5 April 1956 – 5 August 2022) was a Portuguese poet. Professor at the University of Porto, she held a Ph.D. on the poetry of Emily Dickinson and had academic publications (in Portugal and abroad) in the areas of English poe ...

(born 1956), poet *

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (6 November 1919 – 2 July 2004) was a Portuguese poet and writer. Her remains have been entombed in the National Pantheon since 2014. Life and career Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen was born on 6 November ...

(1919–2004), poet

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Maria Isabel Barreno Maria Isabel Barreno de Faria Martins GOIH (10 July 1939 – 3 September 2016) was a Portuguese writer, essayist, journalist and sculptor. She was one of the authors of the book '' Novas Cartas Portugesas'' (''New Portuguese Letters''), together ...

(1939–2016) *

Sara Beirão Sara Beirão (1880 - 1974) was a Portuguese writer, journalist, women's rights activist and philanthropist. As an author, she is particularly known for fiction aimed at children and youth and for her work as publisher and editor of the '' Alma fe ...

(1880–1974) *

Agustina Bessa-Luís Agustina Bessa-Luís, GOSE (; 15 October 1922 – 3 June 2019) was a Portuguese writer. From 1986 and 1987, she was director of the daily '' O Primeiro de Janeiro'' (Porto). From 1990 to 1993, she was director of the D. Maria II National Theatre ( ...

(1922–2019), novelist, theatre writer, essayist, children's writer, short story writer * Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão (1938–2007), poet, dramatist, translator, essayist * Lurdes Breda (born 1970), poet and children's writer

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* Amélia dos Santos Costa Cardia (1855–1938) *

Dulce Maria Cardoso Dulce Maria Cardoso (born 1964) is a Portuguese writer. She was born in , Carrazeda de Ansiães, Trás-os-Montes but moved to Luanda, Angola as an infant. Her family came back to Portugal in 1975 along with half a million other '' retornados'' as ...

(born 1964), novelist *

Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho (1 February 1847 – 24 March 1921) was a Portuguese writer and poet. She was the first woman to join the Portuguese Academy of Sciences (''Academia das Ciências de Lisboa''). Life The daughter of José Vaz de Ca ...

(1847–1921) *

Maria Judite de Carvalho Maria Judite de Carvalho (18 September 1921 in Lisbon – 18 January 1998) was a Portuguese author.Ruth Navas Leituras hipertextuais das crónicas de Maria Judite de Carvalho 9727724566 2004 p14 "No entanto, ainda nesta fase, deparamos com os ...

(1921–1998), novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright *

Públia Hortênsia de Castro Públia Hortênsia de Castro (1548–1595) was a scholar and humanist in the court of Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal. Born in 1548 in Vila Viçosa, Portugal, she was named for Hortensia, the famous Roman orator and daughter of Quint ...

(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 * Clara Pinto Correia (born 1960), novelist, journalist * Hélia Correia (born 1949) *

Natália Correia Natália de Oliveira Correia, GOSE, GOL (13 September 1923 – 16 March 1993) was a Portuguese intellectual, poet and social activist, as well as the author of the official lyrics of the "Hino dos Açores", the regional anthem of the Auton ...

(1923–1993), poet, novelist, essayist *

Maria Velho da Costa Maria de Fátima de Bivar Velho da Costa (26 June 1938 – 23 May 2020) was a Portuguese writer who was awarded the Camões Prize in 2002. She took part in the Portuguese Feminist Movement, and became one of the authors of the book '' Novas Carta ...

(1938–2020)

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Luísa Dacosta Luísa Dacosta (16 February 1927, in Vila Real as Maria Luísa Pinto Saraiva dos Santos – 15 February 2015, in Matosinhos) was a Portuguese writer. In 2010 she was awarded the Vergílio Ferreira Prize by the University of Evora. Career From ...

(1927–2015) * Ana Daniel (1928–2011), poet *

Vimala Devi Vimala Devi is the pseudonym of Teresa da Piedade de Baptista Almeida (born 1932), a Goan writer, poet and translator. Life in Goa Vimala Devi was born in 1932 in the village of Britona in the parish of Penha de França, across the Mandovi riv ...

(born 1932), writer, poet, translator

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Florbela Espanca Florbela Espanca (; born , ) was a Portuguese poet. She is known for her passionate and feminist poetry. Fernando Pessoa later said she was his "twin soul". Early life Born Flor Bela d'Alma da Conceição on 8 December 1894 in Vila Viçosa, P ...

(1894–1930), poet * Sofia Ester (born 1978)

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Rosa Lobato de Faria Rosa Lobato de Faria (, Rosa Maria de Bettencourt Rodrigues Lobato de Faria; 20 April 1932, Lisbon, Portugal – 2 February 2010, Lisbon) was a Portuguese actress and writer whose career encompassed a variety of media including acting, scriptwrit ...

(1932–2010), scriptwriter, novelists, poet, songwriter * Susana Félix (born 1975), songwriter * Lília da Fonseca (1906-1991), feminist writer and journalist *

Raquel Freire Raquel Freire (born 22 June 1973, in Porto) is a Portuguese film director, screenwriter and novelist. In 2014 she released the film ''Transiberic Love'' which is a love story set in modern times showing how one can be an activist within globalise ...

(born 1973), screenwriter, novelist

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Joana da Gama Joana da Gama (–1586) was a Portuguese writer. Early life Born in Viana do Alentejo about 1520, Da Gama was the daughter of Manoel do Casco and Filipa da Gama. Through her mother she was a distant relative of the explorer Vasco da Gama. ...

(–1586), author * Teolinda Gersão (born 1940), novelist, educator * Luísa Costa Gomes, chronicler, librettist, novelist, playwright, screenwriter * Ana Maria Gonçalves (born 1970), novelist * Olga Gonçalves (1929–2004), poet, novelist * Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez (born 1958), children's writer, writer of young adult literature *

Lutegarda Guimarães de Caires Lutegarda Guimarães de Caires, also Lutgarda and Luthegarda, (1858–1935) was a Portuguese women's rights activist and poet. She is remembered for starting the Portuguese tradition of bringing gifts of clothes, toys and sweets to children in hos ...

(1873–1935), poet and women's rights activist * Regina Guimarães (born 1957), poet, playwright, lyricist

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Ana Hatherly Ana Hatherly (8 May 1929 – 5 August 2015) was a Portuguese academic, poet, visual artist, essayist, film maker, painter and writer. She was considered one of the pioneers of the experimental poetry and experimental literature movement in Portuga ...

(1929–2015), poet, pioneer of experimental poetry * Maria Teresa Horta (born 1937), feminist poet, journalist

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Lídia Jorge Lídia Jorge (born 18 June 1946) is a prominent Portuguese novelist and author whose work is representative of a recent style of Portuguese writing, the so-called "Post Revolution Generation". Life Lídia Jorge was born in the village of Boliq ...

(born 1946), novelist

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* Bernarda de Lacerda (1596–1644), playwright *

Irene Lisboa Irene do Céu Vieira Lisboa (25 December 1892 – 25 November 1958) was a Portuguese novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist and educational writer. Especially for her fictional work, she has achieved a special place in modern Portuguese liter ...

(1892–1958), short story writer, poet, essayist, educational writer * Susan Lowndes Marques (1907–1993), travel books about Portugal

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* Maria Aurora (1937–2010), journalist, poet, novelist, children's writer, associated with

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* 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

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

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* Inês Pedrosa (born 1962), journalist, novelist, short story writer, children's writer, playwright * Ana Teresa Pereira (born 1958), novelist *

Ana Plácido Ana Plácido (1831—1895) was a Portuguese novelist and author. Her best known work is the 1871 novel ''Herança de Lágrimas'' (English: ''A Legacy of Tears''), and she is also noted for an autobiographical book ''Luz Coada por Ferros'' (Engli ...

(1831–1895), novelist

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* Isabel Stilwell (born 1960) Historical novels

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Joana Vaz Joana Vaz (–after 1570) was a Renaissance humanist and poet in the court of Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal. Catherine's court included a number of scholarly women, including Vaz, Catherine's cousin Maria, and the sisters Angela and ...

(–1570), Latin scholar and poet * Amélia Veiga (born 1931), Portuguese-born Angolan poet, educator *

Mafalda Veiga Mafalda Veiga (born 24 December 1965) is a Portuguese singer-songwriter, born in Lisbon. Discography * ''Pássaros do sul'' (1987) * ''Planície'' (single, 1987) * ''Cantar'' (1988) * ''Nada se repete'' (1992) * ''A cor da fogueira'' (1996) * ...

(born 1965), songwriter * Ana Vicente (1943–2015), feminist and children's writer * Alice Vieira (born 1943), children's writer

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