This is a list of Brazilian writers, those born in

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or who have established citizenship or residency.

Writers for children

Ana Maria Machado Ana Maria Machado (born 24 December 1941) is a Brazilian writer of children's books, one of the most significant alongside Lygia Bojunga Nunes and Ruth Rocha. She received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2000 for her "lasti ...

(born 1941) * Francisco Marins (1922–2016) * Lúcia Machado de Almeida (1910–2005) *

Júlio César de Mello e Souza Júlio César de Mello e Souza (Rio de Janeiro, May 6, 1895 – Recife, June 18, 1974), was a Brazilian writer and mathematics teacher. He was well known in Brazil and abroad by his books on recreational mathematics, most of them published unde ...

(1895–1974), best known as Malba Tahan * Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001) * José Bento Monteiro Lobato (1882–1948) *

Socorro Acioli Socorro Acioli was born in Fortaleza, Ceará in 1975. She is a journalist, has a master's degree in Brazilian literature and is currently following a PhD. in Literary Studies at the Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro. She started h ...

(born 1975) * Daniel Munduruku (born 1964)

Chroniclers

Carlos Drummond de Andrade Carlos Drummond de Andrade () (October 31, 1902 – August 17, 1987) was a Brazilian poet and writer, considered by some as the greatest Brazilian poet of all time. He has become something of a national cultural symbol in Brazil, where his wi ...

(1902–1987) *

Fernando Sabino Fernando Tavares Sabino (October 12, 1923 – October 11, 2004) was a Brazilian writer and journalist. Life Sabino was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, the son of Dominic Sabino and D. Odette Tavares Sabino. He lived there until he was twe ...

(1923–2004) *

João do Rio João do Rio was the pseudonym of the Brazilian journalist, short-story writer and playwright João Paulo Emílio Cristóvão dos Santos Coelho Barreto, a Brazilian author and journalist of African descent (August 5, 1881, Rio de Janeiro – Ju ...

(1881–1921) *

João Ubaldo Ribeiro João Ubaldo Ribeiro (January 23, 1941 – July 18, 2014) was a Brazilian writer, journalist, screenwriter and professor. Several of his books and short stories have been turned into movies and TV series in Brazil. Ribeiro was a member of the B ...

(1941–2014) * José de Côrtes Duarte (1895–1982) * Luis Fernando Verissimo (born 1936) * Paulo Mendes Campos (1922–1991) *

Pedro Bloch Pedro Bloch (1914, Ukraine – February 23, 2004, Brazil) was a Brazilian writer. His family immigrated to Brazil at the beginning of the 20th century. He is famous for his plays, such as ''Dona Xepa'' and ''Mãos de Eurídice''. Also, he wrote mo ...

(1914–2004) * Rubem Braga (1913–1990) * Tati Bernardi (born 1979)

Short story writers

Adrino Aragão Adrino Aragão (Adrino Aragão de Freitas), (born 1936 in Manaus, State of Amazon, Brazil), is a Brazilian short-story writer. In the 1970's And 1980's, he was a prominent Desed magazine (Brasília) and BIP – Boletim de Informação ao Pessoal, ...

(born 1936) * Aníbal Machado (1894–1964) *

Alcântara Machado Alcantara, Alcântara (Portuguese), Alcántara (Spanish), Alcàntara, Alcàntera, El-Qantarah and (El) Kantara are all transliterations of the Arabic word ''al qantara'' (القنطرة), meaning "the bridge". Alcantara may refer to: People * A ...

(1901–1935) *

Dalton Trevisan Dalton Jérson Trevisan (born 14 June 1925) is a Brazilian author of short stories. He has been described as an "acclaimed short-story chronicler of lower-class mores and popular dramas." Trevisan won the 2012 Prémio Camões, the leading Portu ...

(born 1925) *

João Simões Lopes Neto João Simões Lopes Neto (March 9, 1865 – June 14, 1916) was a Brazilian regionalist writer from Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. After some unsuccessful business ventures, Neto married at 27. He only wrote four significant works, but never ...

(1865–1916) *

Márcia Denser Márcia Denser (São Paulo, May 23, 1949) is a Brazilian journalist and writer. She was born in São Paulo and was educated at Mackenzie Presbyterian University and the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. From 1977 to 1979, Denser w ...

(born 1949) *

Murilo Rubião Murilo Rubião (1 June 1916 – 16 September 1991) was a Brazilian writer. His entire work consists of short stories, best described as surreal fables in the tradition of Franz Kafka - this being so, Rubião's work must be seen as part of the M ...

(1916–1991) *

Osman Lins Osman Lins (July 5, 1924 – July 8, 1978) was a Brazilian novelist and short story writer. He is considered to be one of the leading innovators of Brazilian literature in the mid 20th century. Lins was born in Vitória de Santo Antão, Perna ...

(1924–1978) *

Regina Rheda Regina Rheda (born 1957) is a Brazilian-born writer who lives in the United States. She is known for her prose fiction concerning urban life, transnational migration, class conflicts, and animal rights. She received a national book award, Prêmio ...

(born 1957) *

Sonia Coutinho Sônia Coutinho (1939 – August 24, 2013) was a Brazilian journalist, short story writer and novelist. The daughter of Nathan Coutinho, a poet, she was born in Itabuna, Bahia and moved to Salvador while still young. She left school at the age ...

(1939–2013)

Nonfiction writers

* Luiz Castanho de Almeida (1904–1981), priest, historian, writer *

Flavio Alves Flavio Pimenta Alves (born 30 November 1969) is a Brazilian writer, screenwriter, and film director resident in America since 1998. His movies consistently feature elderly characters as protagonists. He is best known for the film '' The Garden Le ...

(born 1969), memoirist *

Rubem Alves Rubem Azevedo Alves (15 September 1933 – 19 July 2014) was a Brazilian theologian, philosopher, educator, writer and psychoanalyst. Alves was one of the founders of Latin American liberation theology. Life Alves was born on September 15, 1933, ...

(1933–2014), theologian *

Mário de Andrade Mário Raul de Morais Andrade (October 9, 1893 – February 25, 1945) was a Brazilian poet, novelist, musicologist, art historian and critic, and photographer. He wrote one of the first and most influential collections of modern Brazilian poetr ...

(1893–1945), poet, musicologist *

Oswald de Andrade José Oswald de Souza Andrade (January 11, 1890 – October 22, 1954) was a Brazilian poet, novelist and cultural critic. He was born, spent most of his life and died in São Paulo. Andrade was one of the founders of Brazilian modernism and a m ...

(1890–1954), poet, essayist * Nelson de Araújo (1926–1993), historian, folklorist *

Gustavo Barroso Gustavo Adolfo Luiz Dodt da Cunha Barroso (December 29, 1888 – December 3, 1959) was a Brazilian lawyer, writer and politician associated with Brazilian Integralism and antisemitism. He was also known by the pseudonym João do Norte. Being con ...

(1888–1959), politician * Roger Bastide (1898–1974), sociologist *

Leonardo Boff Leonardo Boff (, born 14 December 1938), born as Genézio Darci Boff (), is a Brazilian theologian, philosopher writer, and former Catholic priest known for his active support for Latin American liberation theology. He currently serves as Prof ...

(born 1938), theologian * Josué de Castro (1908–1973), sociologist *

Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro (born April 17, 1952) is a Brazilian engineer, mathematician and statistician who has made significant contributions to the theory of statistical inference, mainly through asymptotic theory and applied probability. Educa ...

(born 1952), mathematician *

Oswaldo Cruz Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz, better known as Oswaldo Cruz (; August 5, 1872 – February 11, 1917), was a Brazilian physician, pioneer bacteriologist, epidemiologist and public health officer and the founder of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute. He occup ...

(1872–1917), physician, epidemiologist *

Euclides da Cunha Euclides da Cunha (, January 20, 1866 – August 15, 1909) was a Brazilian journalist, sociologist and engineer. His most important work is '' Os Sertões'' (''Rebellion in the Backlands''), a non-fictional account of the military expeditions ...

(1866–1909), sociologist * Luís da Câmara Cascudo (Câmara Cascudo) (1898–1986) folklorist *

Alessandra Silvestri-Levy Alessandra, Princess of Bismarck (née Silvestri-Lévy, born November 1, 1972, in São Paulo) is an Italo-Brazilian art writer and curator. As the wife of Carl-Eduard von Bismarck, she became the Princess of Bismarck in 2019. A patron of the ...

(born 1972) *

Antônio Houaiss Antônio Houaiss ( or ; October 15, 1915 – March 7, 1999) was a Brazilian lexicographer, diplomat, writer and translator. Early life The son of Lebanese immigrants, he was born in Rio de Janeiro.(2012)Houaiss, Antonio. Itaú Cultural Encyclo ...

(1915–1999) dicionarist *

Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira (May 3, 1910 – February 28, 1989) was a Brazilian lexicographer, philologist, translator, and writer, best known for editing the '' Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa'', a major dictionary of the Portugue ...

(1910–1989) * José Maria da Silva Paranhos,

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(1819–1880) historian *

Caio Prado Júnior Caio da Silva Prado Júnior (February 11, 1907November 23, 1990) was a Brazilian historian, geographer, writer, philosopher and politician. His works inaugurated a new historiographic tradition in Brazil, identified with Marxism, which led to ...

(1907–1990) historian *

Celso Furtado Celso Monteiro Furtado (July 26, 1920 – November 20, 2004) was a Brazilian economist and one of the most distinguished intellectuals of his country during the 20th century. His work focuses on development and underdevelopment and on the persist ...

(1920–2004) economist * Darcy Ribeiro (1922–1997) anthropologist *

Florestan Fernandes Florestan Fernandes (22 July 1920 – 10 August 1995) was a Brazilian sociologist and politician. He was also elected federal deputy twice. Life and career Fernandes came from a poor family with his mother being a "washerwoman". In youth he to ...

(1920–1995) historian, sociologist *

Gilberto Freyre Gilberto de Mello Freyre (March 15, 1900 – July 18, 1987) was a Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist, congressman born in Recife, Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil. He is commonly associated with other ...

(1900–1987) sociologist * Joaquim Nabuco (1849–1910) memoirist, diplomat *

José Guilherme Merquior José Guilherme Merquior (April 22, 1941 – January 7, 1991) was a Brazilian diplomat, academic, writer, literary critic and philosopher. Biography He was a prolific writer, and member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras (the Brazilian Acade ...

(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 *

Miguel Reale Miguel Reale (6 November 1910 – 14 April 2006) was a Brazilian jurist, philosopher, academic, politician and poet known as one of the most important jurists of Brazil. He was one of the leaders of Integralism in Brazil and an ideologue of the ...

(1910–2006) law theorist * Paulo Alfeu Junqueira Duarte (1899–1984) archaeologist *

Paulo Freire Paulo Reglus Neves Freire (19 September 1921 – 2 May 1997) was a Brazilian educator and philosopher who was a leading advocate of critical pedagogy. His influential work '' Pedagogy of the Oppressed'' is generally considered one of the found ...

(1921–1997) educator, political theorist *

Plínio Salgado Plínio Salgado (; January 22, 1895 – December 8, 1975) was a Brazilian politician, writer, journalist, and theologian. He founded and led Brazilian Integralist Action, a political party inspired by the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini. I ...

(1901–1975) politician * Raymundo Faoro (1925–2003) sociologist *

Rinaldo de Lamare Rinaldo de Lamare (1910 in Santos, São Paulo – 2002 in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian physician who specialized in pediatrics and a writer of books on child health and care for the general public. His family was of Danish and Norman origins. ...

(1910–2002) physician * Roberto da Matta (born 1936) anthropologist * Ruy Barbosa (1849–1923) political theorist *

Sérgio Buarque de Holanda Sérgio Buarque de Holanda (July 11, 1902 – April 24, 1982) was a Brazilian historian, writer, journalist and sociologist. His greatest achievement was Raízes do Brasil, a landmark of Brazilian sociology, in which he developed the groundbr ...

(1902–1982) historian * Tristão de Athayde (Alceu Amoroso Lima) (1893–1983) journalist * Viscount of Taunay (1843–1899) historian *

Olavo de Carvalho Olavo Luiz Pimentel de Carvalho (29 April 1947 – 24 January 2022) was a Brazilian polemicist, self-proclaimed philosopher, political pundit, former astrologer, journalist, and far-right conspiracy theorist. From 2005 until his death, he live ...

(1947–2022) philosopher, journalist *

Vicente Ferreira da Silva Vicente Ferreira da Silva (January 10, 1916 – July 19, 1963) was a Brazilian logician, mathematician, and philosopher. He was one of first men in Brazil history to write and have published an academic book in logic and Phenomenology. Biograp ...

(1918–1963) logician

Playwrights

Ariano Suassuna Ariano Vilar Suassuna (; 16 June 1927 – 23 July 2014) was a Brazilian playwright and author. He was the driving force behind the creation of the ''Movimento Armorial''. He founded the Student Theater at Federal University of Pernambuco. Fo ...

(1927-2014) *

Artur Azevedo Artur Nabantino Gonçalves de Azevedo (7 July 1855 – 22 October 1908) was a Brazilian playwright, short story writer, chronicler, journalist and Parnassian poet. He is famous for consolidating in Brazil the "comedy of manners" genre, initiated ...

(1855–1908) *

Augusto Boal Augusto Boal (16 March 1931 – 2 May 2009) was a Brazilian theatre practitioner, drama theorist, and political activist. He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, a theatrical form originally used in radical left popular education movemen ...

(1931–2009) *

Dias Gomes Alfredo de Freitas Dias Gomes () (19 October 1922 – 18 May 1999) was a Brazilian playwright. He was born on October 19, 1922 in Salvador, Bahia. He started writing plays at age 15 and later wrote soap operas. He wrote the first ever colo ...

(1923–1999) * Edla Van Steen (1936–2018) *

Gianfrancesco Guarnieri Gianfrancesco Sigfrido Benedetto Marinenghi de Guarnieri (August 6, 1934 – July 22, 2006) was an Italian–Brazilian actor, lyricist, poet and playwright. He was a key participant in the Arena Theater of São Paulo, his most important work was ...

(1934–2006) * José Paulo Lanyi (born 1970) * Leilah Assumpção (born 1943) *

Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior (17 February 1845, in Rio de Janeiro – 20 May 1898, in Lisbon) was a Brazilian diplomat, poet, novelist and dramaturgist. He was bachelor in the Faculdade de Direito do Recife in 1869, in the same cl ...

(1845–1898) * Luiz Duarte (born 1956) * Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre (1806–1879) * Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001) * Luís Carlos

Martins Pena Luís Carlos Martins Pena (November 5, 1815 – December 7, 1848) was a Brazilians, Brazilian playwright, famous for introducing to Brazil the "comedy of manners", winning the epithet of "the Brazilian Molière". He is patron of the 29th chair o ...

(1815–1848) *

Nelson Rodrigues Nelson Falcão Rodrigues (August 23, 1912 – December 21, 1980) was a Brazilian playwright, journalist and novelist. In 1943, he helped usher in a new era in Brazilian theater with his play ''Vestido de Noiva (The Wedding Dress)'', considered ...

(1912–1980) *

(1890–1954) *

(1914–2004) * Qorpo Santo (Joaquim de Campos Leão) (1829–1883) * Vianinha (1936–1974)

Journalists

Alberto Dines Alberto Dines (February 19, 1932 – May 22, 2018) was a Brazilian journalist and writer. Biography With a career spanning over five decades, Dines directed and launched several magazines and newspapers in Brazil and Portugal. He has taught jo ...

(1932-2018) * Tristão de Athayde (1893–1983) * Carlos Heitor Cony (1926-2018) * Carlos Lacerda (1914–1977) journalist * Elio Gaspari (born 1944) * Elsie Lessa (1912–2000) *

Gilberto Dimenstein Gilberto Dimenstein (August 28, 1956 – May 29, 2020) was a Brazilian journalist. He was the publisher of Catraca Livre, appointed by Financial Times as one of the most inspiring applications of digital technology for social good. He also kept ...

(1956-2020) * Ivan Lessa (1935-2012) *

José do Patrocínio José Carlos do Patrocínio (October 9, 1854 – January 29, 1905) was a Brazilian writer, journalist, activist, orator and pharmacist. He was among the most well-known proponents of the abolition of slavery in Brazil, and known as "O Tigre da Ab ...

(1853-1905) * José Paulo Lanyi (born 1970) *

Mino Carta Demetrio "Mino" Carta (Genoa, 6 September 1933) is an Italian-born Brazilian journalist, publisher and writer. Carta helped in the creation of ''Veja (magazine), Veja'', ''Istoé'' and ''CartaCapital'', three of the four leading newsmagazines cur ...

(1933–1934) * Paulo Francis (1930–1967) * Quintino Bocaiúva (1836-1912) * Samuel Wainer (1912–1980) * Sergio Buarque de Hollanda (1902–1982) * Sebastião Nery (born 1932) *

Zuenir Ventura Zuenir Carlos Ventura (born June 1, 1931, in Além Paraíba, Minas Gerais) is a Brazilian journalist and writer. He is a columnist for the newspaper ''O Globo'', and for '' Época'' magazine. He won the Jabuti Prize in 1995 in the "reportage" cat ...

(born 1931) *

(1947–2022)

Poets

Adalgisa Nery Adalgisa Nery (October 29, 1905 – June 7, 1980) was a Brazilian poet, journalist and politician. Biography She was born in Rio de Janeiro as Adalgisa Maria Feliciana Noel Cancela Ferreira, the daughter of a civil servant. In 1922 she ma ...

(1905–1980) * Adélia Prado (born 1935), poet, chronicler *

Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna (born March 27, 1937), is a Brazilian poet, essay writer, and professor. Background He was a professor of Brazilian Literature at UCLA and the University of Texas at El Paso, and a writer for the O Globo newspaper. In ...

(born 1937) *

Alberto de Oliveira Antônio Mariano de Oliveira (April 28, 1857 – January 19, 1937) was a Brazilian poet, pharmacist and professor. He is better known by his pen name Alberto de Oliveira. Alongside Olavo Bilac and Raimundo Correia Raimundo da Mota de Azevedo ...

(1859–1937) *

Alphonsus de Guimaraens Afonso Henrique da Costa Guimarães, known as Alphonsus de Guimaraens; (July 24, 1870 in Ouro Preto – July 15, 1921 in Mariana) was a Brazilian poet. The poetry of Alphonsus de Guimaraes is substantially mystical and involved with Catholicism ...

(1870–1921) *

Alvarenga Peixoto Inácio José de Alvarenga Peixoto (1744–1793) was a Colonial Brazilian Neoclassicism, Neoclassic poet and lawyer. He wrote under the pen name Eureste Fenício. The design of the flag of Minas Gerais is attributed to him. Biography Peixoto was ...

(1744–1792) *

Álvares de Azevedo Manuel Antônio Álvares de Azevedo (September 12, 1831 – April 25, 1852), affectionately called "Maneco" by his close friends, relatives and admirers, was a Brazilian Romantic poet, short story writer, playwright and essayist, considered to b ...

(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) *

Arnaldo Antunes Arnaldo Antunes (, born Arnaldo Augusto Nora Antunes Filho, September 2, 1960) is a Brazilian musician, writer, and composer. He was a member of the rock band Titãs, which he co-founded in 1982 and left ten years later. After 1992, he embarked ...

(born 1960) *

Augusto de Campos Augusto de Campos (born 14 February 1931, São Paulo) is a Brazilian writer who (with his brother Haroldo de Campos) was a founder of the Concrete poetry movement in Brazil. He is also a translator, music critic and visual artist. Work In 1952 ...

(born 1931) * Augusto de Lima (1859–1934) * Augusto dos Anjos (1884–1914) *

Bruno Tolentino Bruno Lúcio de Carvalho Tolentino (November 12, 1940 – June 27, 2007) was a Brazilian poet and intellectual, known for his opposition towards the more blatant avant-garde elements of Brazilian modernism, his advocacy of classical forms and subjec ...

(1940–2007) *

Basílio da Gama José Basílio da Gama (April 10, 1740 – July 31, 1795) was a Portuguese poet and member of the Society of Jesus, born in the colony of Brazil, famous for the epic poem '' O Uraguai''. He wrote under pen name Termindo Sipílio. He is patron of t ...

(1741–1795) * Domingos Caldas Barbosa (1740–1800) * Beatriz Francisca de Assis Brandão (1779–1868) *

(1902–1987) * Carpinejar (born 1972) * Casimiro de Abreu (1839–1860) *

Cassiano Ricardo Cassiano Ricardo (July 26, 1895 – January 14, 1974) was a Brazilian journalist, literary critic, and poet. An exponent of the nationalistic tendencies of Brazilian modernism, he was associated with the ''Green-Yellow'' and ''Anta'' groups ...

(1895–1974) * Castro Alves (1847–1862) *

Cecília Meireles Cecília Benevides de Carvalho Meireles (7 November 1901 – 9 November 1964) was a Brazilian writer and educator, known principally as a poet. She is a canonical name of Brazilian Modernism, one of the great female poets in the Portuguese l ...

(1901–1964) * Cláudio Manuel da Costa (1729–1789) *

Colombina Columbina (in Italian Colombina, meaning "little dove"; in French and English Colombine) is a stock character in the ''commedia dell'arte''. She is Harlequin's mistress, a comic servant playing the tricky slave type, and wife of Pierrot. Rudli ...

(1882–1963) *

Cora Coralina Cora Coralina () is the pseudonym of the Brazilian writer and poet Anna Lins dos Guimarães Peixoto Bretas () (August 20, 1889 – April 10, 1985). She is considered one of the most important Brazilian writers, Her first book (''Poemas dos Becos ...

(1889–1985) *

Cruz e Souza Cruz is a surname of Iberian origin, first found in Castile, Spain, but later spread throughout the territories of the former Spanish and Portuguese Empires. In Spanish and Portuguese, the word means "cross", either the Christian cross or t ...

(1861–1898) * Dante Milano (1899–1991) *

Décio Pignatari Décio Pignatari (August 20, 1927 – December 2, 2012) was a Brazilian poet, essayist and translator. Early life and education Born in Jundiaí in 1927, Pignatari began conducting experiments with poetic language, incorporating visuals e ...

(1927-2012) * Esmeralda Ribeiro (born 1959) * Ferreira Gullar (1930-2016) * Frank Jorge (born 1966) * Frederico Barbosa (born 1961) * Gilberto Mendonça Teles (born 1931) * Gonçalves Crespo (1846–1883) * Domingos José Gonçalves de Magalhães (1811–1822) *

Gonçalves Dias Antônio Gonçalves Dias (; August 10, 1823November 3, 1864) was a Brazilian Romantic poet, playwright, ethnographer, lawyer and linguist. A major exponent of Brazilian Romanticism and of the literary tradition known as " Indianism", he is f ...

(1823–1864) *

Gregório de Matos Gregório de Matos e Guerra (December 23, 1636 – November 26, 1696) was a famous Colonial Brazilian Baroque poet. Although he wrote many lyrical and religious poems, he was better known for his satirical ones, most of them criticizing the Cath ...

Guerra (1636–1695) * Gustavo Dourado (born 1960) *

Haroldo de Campos Haroldo Eurico Browne de Campos (19 August 1929 – 16 August 2003) was a Brazilian poet, critic, professor and translator. He is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in Brazilian literature since 1950. Biography He did his secon ...

(1929–2003) * Helena Parente Cunha (born 1929) * Henriqueta Lisboa (1901–1985) *

Hilda Hilst Hilda Hilst (April 21, 1930 – February 4, 2004) was a Brazilian poet, novelist, and playwright. She is lauded as one of the most important Portuguese-language authors of the twentieth century. Her work touches on the themes of mysticism, insanit ...

(1930–2004) *

João Cabral de Melo Neto João Cabral de Melo Neto (January 6, 1920 – October 9, 1999) was a Brazilian poet and diplomat, and one of the most influential writers in late Brazilian modernism. He was awarded the 1990 Camões Prize and the 1992 Neustadt International Pr ...

(1920–1999) * Jorge de Lima (1895–1953) * Katya Chamma (born 1961) * Manoel de Barros (1916-2014) *

Manuel Bandeira Manuel Carneiro de Sousa Bandeira Filho (April 19, 1886 – October 13, 1968) was a Brazilian poet, literary critic, and translator, who wrote over 20 books of poetry and prose. Life and career Bandeira was born in Recife, Pernambuco. In 190 ...

(1886–1968) * Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre (1806–1879) *

Marcia Theophilo Marcia Theophilo (born 1941 in Fortaleza) is a Brazilian poet. She studied in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Rome, where she graduated in anthropology. She has lived and worked in Rome since 1971. She is a bilingual poet; her books can be found i ...

(born 1941) *

(1893–1945) *

Mário Quintana Mário de Miranda Quintana (July 30, 1906 – May 5, 1994) was a Brazilian writer and translator. He became known as the poet of "simple things", and his style is marked by irony, profundity and technical perfection. The main themes of his poetr ...

(1906–1994) *

Menotti Del Picchia Paulo Menotti Del Picchia (São Paulo, March 20, 1892 – São Paulo, August 23, 1988) was a Brazilian poet, journalist, and painter. He is associated with the Generation of 1922, the first generation of Brazilian modernism artists. Del Picc ...

(1892–1988) * Miriam Alves (born 1952) * Murilo Mendes (1901–1975) *

Olavo Bilac Olavo Brás Martins dos Guimarães Bilac (16 December 1865 – 28 December 1918), known simply as Olavo Bilac (), was a Brazilian Parnassian poet, journalist and translator. Alongside Alberto de Oliveira and Raimundo Correia, he was a member o ...

(1865–1918) *

Osório Duque-Estrada Joaquim Osório Duque-Estrada (April 19, 1870 – February 5, 1927) was a Brazilian poet, essayist, journalist, literary critic and professor. He is famous for writing in 1909 a poem that would become the lyrics of the Brazilian National Anthem in ...

(1870–1927) *

(1890–1954) *

Paulo Leminski Paulo Leminski Filho (August 24, 1944 – June 7, 1989) was a Brazilian writer, poet, translator, journalist, advertising professional, songwriter, literary critic, biographer, teacher and judoka. He was noted for his avant-garde work, an experim ...

(1944–1989) * Raul Bopp (1898–1984) *

Rogério Skylab Rogério Tolomei Teixeira (born September 2, 1956), better known by his stage name Rogério Skylab, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, lyricist, classical guitarist, poet, essayist, record producer, actor and former television presenter. His uni ...

(born 1956) *

Ronald de Carvalho Ronald de Carvalho (May 16, 1893 – February 15, 1935) was a Brazilian poet, writer, politician and diplomat from Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same n ...

(1893–1935) *

Santa Rita Durão José de Santa Rita Durão (1722–1784), known simply as Santa Rita Durão, was a Colonial Brazilian Neoclassic poet, orator and Augustinian friar. He is considered a forerunner of " Indianism" in Brazilian literature, with his epic poem ''Car ...

(1722–1784) * Silva Alvarenga (1749–1814) *

Tânia Martins Tânia Martins ( Elvira Tânia Lopes Martins; born January 23, 1957) is an Afro-Brazilian poet. Biography Elvira Tânia Lopes Martins was born in Licínio de Almeida, Bahia, January 23, 1957. Her parents are Edvardes Santana Martins and Ana Evang ...

(born 1957) * Tomás Antônio Gonzaga (1744–1819) *

Torquato Neto Torquato Pereira de Araújo Neto (November 9, 1944 – November 10, 1972) was a Brazilian journalist, poet and songwriter. He is perhaps best known as a lyricist for the Tropicália counterculture movement, which later expanded its influence ...

(1944–1972) *

Vinícius de Moraes Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes (19 October 1913 – 9 July 1980), better known as Vinícius de Moraes () and nicknamed O Poetinha ("The little poet"), was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, lyricist, essayist, musician, singer, and playwrigh ...

(1913–1980) *

Waly Salomão Waly Dias Salomão (September 3, 1943 – May 5, 2003) was a Brazilian poet. He was born in Jequié, Bahia. He acted on several areas of Brazilian culture as poet, songwriter and writer. His first book was “Me segura qu’eu vou dar um troç ...

(1943–2003)

Novelists

* A. C. Frieden (born 1966) * Adolfo Caminha (1867–1897) * Adonias Filho (1915–1990) * Aluísio de Azevedo (1857–1913) *

Ana Miranda Ana Miranda is a Brazilian poet and novelist born in Fortaleza, Ceará in 1951. She grew up in Brasilia and has lived in Rio de Janeiro since 1969. Her main work of note has been historical, including her award-winning 1989 novel ''A Boca do I ...

(born 1951) * André de Leones (born 1980) * André Vianco (born 1976) * Antônio Callado (1917–1997) *

(1927-2014) * Autran Dourado (1926-2012) *

Bernardo Carvalho Bernardo Carvalho (born 1960 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian author and journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates ...

(born 1960) *

Bernardo Guimarães Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães (; August 15, 1825 – March 10, 1884) was a Brazilian poet and novelist. He is the author of the famous romances '' A Escrava Isaura'' and '' O Seminarista''. He also introduced to Brazilian poetry the ''verso ...

(Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães) (1825–1884) * Caio Fernando Abreu (1948–1996) novelist, short stories *

Chico Buarque Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born 19 June 1944), popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, ...

(born 1944) *

Clarice Lispector Clarice Lispector (born Chaya Pinkhasivna Lispector ( uk, Хая Пінкасівна Ліспектор); December 10, 1920December 9, 1977) was a Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist and short story writer. Her innovative, idiosyncratic works exp ...

(1925–1977) *

Cristovam Buarque Cristovam Ricardo Cavalcanti Buarque (; born February 20, 1944) is a Brazilian university professor and member of Cidadania. He was a senator for the Federal District from 2003 to 2019. Biography Buarque graduated in mechanical engineering fr ...

(born 1944) * Cristóvão Tezza (born 1952) *

Cyro dos Anjos Cyro Versiani dos Anjos (October 5, 1906 – August 4, 1994) was a Brazilian journalist, and writer. He was born in Montes Claros, in the state of Minas Gerais. In 1923, he went to Belo Horizonte, where he studied law at Federal University ...

(1906–1994) * Érico Veríssimo (1905–1975) * Esther Largman (born 1934) *

(1923-2004) *

Fernando Gabeira Fernando Paulo Nagle Gabeira (; born February 17, 1941) is a Brazilian politician, author and journalist. He was a federal deputy for the State of Rio de Janeiro from 1995 to 2011. He is best known for his book ''O que é isso, companheiro?'' ...

(born 1941) * José Paulo Lanyi (born 1970) * José Pereira da

Graça Aranha José Pereira da Graça Aranha (June 21, 1868 – January 26, 1931) was a Brazilian writer and diplomat, considered to be a forerunner of the Modernism in Brazil. He was also one of the organizers of the Brazilian Modern Art Week of 1922. He fo ...

(1868–1931) *

Graciliano Ramos Graciliano Ramos de Oliveira () (October 27, 1892 – March 20, 1953) was a Brazilian modernist writer, politician and journalist. He is known worldwide for his portrayal of the precarious situation of the poor inhabitants of the Brazilian ''sert� ...

(1892–1953) * João

Guimarães Rosa Guimarães () is a city and municipality located in northern Portugal, in the district of Braga. Its historic town centre has been listed as a UNESCWorld Heritage Sitesince 2001, in recognition for being an "exceptionally well-preserved and a ...

(1908–1967) *

(1930–2004) * Holdemar Menezes (1921–1996) * João Almino (born 1950) * João Gilberto Noll (1946-2017) *

(1941-2014) * Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (1820–1882) *

Jorge Amado Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in ...

(1912–2001) *

José Américo de Almeida José Américo de Almeida (January 10, 1887, in Areia – March 10, 1980, in João Pessoa) was a Brazilian writer, a politician, a lawyer and a teacher. Bibliography * Reflexões de um Cabra, 1922 * A Paraíba e seus Problemas, 1923 * A B ...

(1887–1980) * José Cândido Carvalho (1914–1989) * José de Alencar (1829–1877) *

José Lins do Rego José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

(1901–1957) * José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920–1984) *

Lima Barreto Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto (13 May 1881 – 1 November 1922) was a Brazilian novelist and journalist. A major figure in Brazilian Pre-Modernism, he is famous for the novel '' Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma'', a bitter satire of the first ...

(1881–1922) * Lourenço Mutarelli (born 1964) *

Lúcio Cardoso Joaquim Lúcio Cardoso Filho, known as Lúcio Cardoso (August 14, 1912 – September 22, 1968), was a Brazilian novelist, playwright, and poet. Biography The son of an impoverished but prominent family in Curvelo, Minas Gerais, Lúcio Cardoso wa ...

(1913–1968) * Luisa Geisler (born 1991) * Lya Luft (1938-2021) * Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923-2022) * Joaquim Maria

Machado de Assis Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (), often known by his surnames as Machado de Assis, ''Machado,'' or ''Bruxo do Cosme Velho''Vainfas, p. 505. (21 June 1839 – 29 September 1908), was a pioneer Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short sto ...

(1839–1908) *

Manuel Antônio de Almeida Manuel Antônio de Almeida (November 17, 1831 – November 28, 1861) was a Brazilian satirical writer, medician and teacher. He is famous for the book '' Memoirs of a Police Sergeant'', written under the pen name Um Brasileiro ( en, A Brazilian ...

(1831–1861) * Márcio Souza (born 1946) novelist *

(1893–1945) * Max Mallmann (1968–2016) *

Moacyr Scliar Moacyr Jaime Scliar (March 23, 1937February 27, 2011) was a Brazilian writer and physician. Most of his writing centers on issues of Jewish identity in the Diaspora and particularly on being Jewish in Brazil. Scliar is best known outside Brazil ...

(1937-2011) * Orígenes Lessa (1903–1986) *

(1890–1954) * Paola Giometti (born 1983) *

Paulo Coelho Paulo Coelho de Souza (, ; born 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. His novel ''The Alchemist'' became an international best-seller and he has published 28 more book ...

(born 1947) *

Paulo Lins Paulo is a Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, and Italian masculine given name equivalent to English Paul. Notable people with the name include: * Paulo Jr. *Paulo Jr. (footballer) * Paulo Almeida, Brazilian footballer * Paulo André Cren Benini (born ...

(born 1958) *

Rachel de Queiroz Rachel de Queiroz (, November 17, 1910 – November 4, 2003) was a Brazilian author, translator and journalist. Biography Rachel de Queiroz was born on 17 November 1910 in Fortaleza, capital of the northeastern state of Ceará. During her ...

(1910–2003) *

(born 1975) novelist, journalist *

Raduan Nassar Raduan Nassar (born November 27, 1935, in Pindorama, São Paulo) is a Brazilian writer. The son of Lebanese immigrants, he moved to São Paulo when he was a teenager. He studied Law and Philosophy at the University of São Paulo. In 1970, he wrot ...

(born 1935) *

(born 1957) * Roberto Drummond (1933–2002) * Rubem Fonseca (1925-2020) * Victor Heringer (1988–2018) * Viscount of Taunay (1843–1899) * Antônio Gonçalves Teixeira e Souza) (1812–1861) * Urda Alice Klueger (born 1952) * Pedro Nava (1903–1984) novelist * Mário Palmério (1916–1996) novelist *

Nélida Piñon Nélida Piñon Nélida Piñon (3 May 1937 – 17 December 2022) was a Brazilian author and professor. At the time of her death, Piñon was "considered among the foremost writers in Brazil today". Life Piñon was born in 1937 in Rio de Janeiro. He ...

(born 1937) novelist *

Raul Pompéia Raul d'Ávila Pompeia (April 12, 1863 – December 25, 1895) was a Brazilian novelist, short story writer and chronicler. He is famous for the Impressionist romance ''O Ateneu''. He is patron of the 33rd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. ...

(1863–1895) novelist * Godofredo Rangel (1884–1951) novelist * Marcos Rey (1925–1999) novelist * José Rezende Filho (1929–1977) novelist * Júlio Ribeiro (1845–1890) novelist *

Sérgio Sant'Anna Sérgio Sant'Anna (30 October 1941 – 10 May 2020) was a Brazilian writer, born in Rio de Janeiro. Life He wrote poems, plays, short stories, novellas and novels. His works have been translated to German and Italian. His works are heavily meta ...

(1941-2020) novelist *

José Sarney José Sarney de Araújo Costa (; born José Ribamar Ferreira de Araújo Costa; 24 April 1930) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and writer who served as 31st president of Brazil from 1985 to 1990. He briefly served as the 20th vice president of ...

(born 1930) novelist *

(1825-1884) (Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães) - novelist, poet * Betty Milan (1944- ), psychoanalyst, novelist, essayist, playwright

Literary critics

(1893–1945) *

(1890–1954) * Alfredo Bosi (1936–2021) *

Antonio Candido Antonio Candido de Mello e Souza (July 24, 1918 – May 12, 2017) was a Brazilian writer, professor, sociologist, and literary critic. As a critic of Brazilian literature, he is regarded as having been one of the foremost scholars on the subject ...

(1918-2017) *

Otto Maria Carpeaux Otto Maria Carpeaux (March 9, 1900 – February 3, 1978), born Otto Karpfen, was an Austrian-born Brazilian literary critic and multilingual scholar. Career overview Carpeaux was born Otto Karpfen in 1900 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, to a Jewish f ...

(1900–1978) *

Afrânio Coutinho Afrânio Coutinho (March 15, 1911 – August 5, 2000) was a Brazilian literary critic and essayist. He encouraged the rise of the "New Criticism" in Brazil of the 1950s. Coutinho edited the Portuguese version of Reader's Digest as well as several ...

(1911–2000) *

Araripe Júnior Tristão de Alencar Araripe Júnior (27 June 1848 – 29 October 1911) was a Brazilian lawyer, literary critic, and writer. Biography Tristão de Alencar Araripe Júnior was born in Fortaleza, Ceará, the son of Tristão de Alencar Araripe and A ...

(1848–1911) * Benedito Nunes (1929–2011) critic *

Wilson Martins Wilson Nunes Martins (born May 17, 1953, in Santa Cruz do Piauí, Piauí) is a Brazilian politician and member of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB). He served as Governor of Piauí Piaui (, ) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the ...

(1921–2010) *

Tobias Barreto Tobias Barreto de Meneses (June 7, 1839 – June 26, 1889) was a Brazilian poet, philosopher, jurist and literary critic. He is famous for creating the " Condorism" and revolutionizing Brazilian Romanticism and poetry. He is patron of the 38th cha ...

de Meneses (1839–1889) *

(1941–1991) * Augusto Meyer (1902–1970) * Fernandes Pinheiro (1826–1878) *

Sílvio Romero Sílvio Vasconcelos da Silveira Ramos Romero (April 21, 1851 – June 18, 1914) was a Brazilian " Condorist" poet, essayist, literary critic, professor, journalist, historian and politician. He founded and occupied the 17th chair of the Brazilian ...

(1851–1914) * Florêncio Carlos de Abreu e Silva (1839–1881) politician, critic * José Veríssimo (1857–1916)

Other writers

Marcelo Cassaro Marcelo Cassaro (born August 15, 1970) is a Brazilian writer of comic books, role-playing games and the science-fiction book ''Sword of the Galaxy'' (''Espada da Galáxia''). Early career In 1985 at age fifteen, Cassaro became a design assistant ...

(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 Ricardo Semler (born 1959) is the CEO and majority owner of Semco Partners, a Brazilian company best known for its radical form of industrial democracy and corporate re-engineering. Under his ownership, revenue has grown from 4 million US dollars ...

(born 1959) business * Gabriel Soares de Souza (1540-1591) naturalist *

Mateus Soares de Azevedo Mateus may refer to: * Mateus (wine), a brand of wine produced in Portugal * Mateus (Vila Real), a civil parish in Portugal ** Mateus Palace, a palace in the above civil parish * Mateus (name), Portuguese given name and surname * Jorge & Mateus ...

(born 1959) historian * Malba Tahan (1895–1974) pen name for

children literature *

Adelmar Tavares Adelmar Tavares da Silva (Recife, February 16, 1888 – June 20, 1963 Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and ...

(1888-1963) poet * Franklin Távora (1842–1888) novelist * Miguel Torres de Andrade (1926-1962) screenplay writer * Fagundes Varela (1841–1875) poet *

António Vieira Pedro António Vieira (; 6 February 160818 July 1697) was an Afro-Portuguese Jesuit priest, diplomat, orator, preacher, philosopher, writer, and member of the Royal Council to the King of Portugal. Biography Vieira was born in Lisbo ...

(1608–1697) preacher, historian * Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco (1868–1916) short stories * Austregésilo de Athayde (1898-1993) journalist *

Fabrício Carpi Nejar Fabrício Carpi Nejar or Fabricio Carpinejar (born October 23, 1972 ) is a Brazilian writer. He was born in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. His father is the poet Carlos Nejar. Bibliography *1998 - As solas do sol *2000 - Um terno de ...

(born 1972) poet *

Aristides Fraga Lima Aristides Fraga Lima (b. July 2, 1923 - 1996?) is a popular Brazilian writer who was born in town of Paripiranga in the state of Bahia. He has a degree in Languages and Law. After graduating from the Federal University of Bahia, he became a te ...

(1923–c. 1996) children literature * Henrique Maximiano

Coelho Neto Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto (February 21, 1864 – November 28, 1934) was a Brazilian writer and politician. He founded and occupied the second chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, from 1897 until his death in 1934. He was also the pr ...

(1864–1934) novelist *

(1853-1905) journalist * Afrânio Peixoto (1876–1947) novelist *

Afonso Schmidt Affonso Schmidt (29 June 1890 – 3 April 1964) was a Brazilian journalist, short story writer, novelist, and playwright. Biography Affonso Schmidt was born on Sunday, 29 June 1890, in Cubatão. In Cubatão, he founded the newspaper ''Vés ...

(1890–1964) journalist *

Paulo Setúbal Paulo de Oliveira Leite Setúbal (January 1, 1893 – May 4, 1937) was a Brazilian writer, lawyer, journalist, essayist and poet. He occupied the 31st chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters The Academia Brasileira de Letras (ABL) ( Engl ...

(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 Paulo Fernando Craveiro (born August 11, 1934 in Paraíba, Brazil) is a writer, journalist, columnist and art critic. Biography Son of Alfredo Craveiro Costa Leite (lawyer, prosecutor, poet and journalist) and Maria José Niceas Leite, Paulo ...

(born 1934) romance writer, chronicalist, poet, journalist * Juliana Cunha (born 1987), journalist, writer and university professor