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

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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)
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 (born 1937)
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 (born 1937)
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 (born 1932)
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 (born 1937)
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)
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 (born 1931)
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 (born 1929)
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 (born 1957)
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)
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

References

"Adalcinda Magno Camarão Luxardo – a poeta marajoara". Templo Cultural Delfos (in Portuguese).