List of Portuguese writers
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- João AguiarJoão AguiarJoão Casimiro Namorado de Aguiar was a Portuguese writer and journalist.He spent his youth in colonial Mozambique....
(1943-2010) - Manuel AlegreManuel AlegreManuel Alegre de Melo Duarte, GCL , is a Portuguese poet and politician, member of the Socialist Party, and a candidate to the Portuguese presidential election, 2006...
(born 1936), poet - Afonso de AlbuquerqueAfonso de AlbuquerqueAfonso de Albuquerque[p][n] was a Portuguese fidalgo, or nobleman, an admiral whose military and administrative activities as second governor of Portuguese India conquered and established the Portuguese colonial empire in the Indian Ocean...
(1453-1515) - Ana Luísa AmaralAna Luísa AmaralAna Luísa Amaral is a Portuguese poet and a professor of Anglo-American Studies at the University of Porto.-Biography:Amaral was born in Lisbon, but from the age of nine has lived in Leça da Palmeira, near Porto. She studied at the University of Porto, where she obtained her PhD in 1995 with a...
(born 1956) - Eugénio de AndradeEugénio de AndradeEugénio de Andrade was the pseudonym of José Fontinhas, GOSE, GCM , a Portuguese poet.José Fontinhas was born at Póvoa de Atalaia, Fundão. He is revered as one of the leading names in contemporary Portuguese poetry...
pseudonym of José Fontinhas (1923-2005), poet
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- António Gonçalves de BandarraAntónio Gonçalves de BandarraAntónio Gonçalves Annes Bandarra or Gonçalo Anes Bandarra was a Portuguese writer and prophet.- Life and work :...
(1500-1556) - João de BarrosJoão de BarrosJoão de Barros , called the Portuguese Livy, is one of the first great Portuguese historians, most famous for his Décadas da Ásia , a history of the Portuguese in India and Asia.-Early years:...
(1496-1570), historian - Ruy BeloRuy BeloRuy de Moura Belo was a Portuguese poet and essayist. He is considered one of the most famous existentialists of the twentieth century in Portuguese-speaking countries...
(1933-1978) - Al BertoAl BertoAl Berto was the pseudonym used by the Portuguese poet Alberto Raposo Pidwell Tavares .-Works:*À Procura do Vento num Jardim d'Agosto, 1977.*Meu Fruto de Morder, Todas as Horas, 1980....
pseudonym of Alberto Raposo Pidwell Tavares (1948-1997), poet - Agustina Bessa-LuísAgustina Bessa-LuísAgustina Bessa-Luís, GOSE is a Portuguese writer.From 1986 and 1987, she was Director of the daily O Primeiro de Janeiro . From 1990 to 1993, she was director of the Teatro Nacional D...
(born 1922) - Abel BotelhoAbel BotelhoAbel Acácio de Almeida Botelho , born in Tabuaço and deceased in Argentina, was a Portuguese military officer and diplomat, but distinguish himself as a writer. In 1911, he took part on the commission which chose and approved the draft for what would be the current flag of Portugal.-References:...
(1855-1917) - António BottoAntónio BottoAntónio Botto was a Portuguese aesthete and modernist poet.- Early life :...
(1892-1959) - Fiama Hasse Pais BrandãoFiama Hasse Pais BrandãoFiama Hasse Pais Brandão was a Portuguese poet, dramatist, translator and essayist.- Life :Born in Lisbon, she lived in Carcavelos until the age of 18. Studied in St. Julian's School and in the University of Lisbon....
(1938-2007) - Raul BrandãoRaul BrandãoRaul Germano Brandão was a Portuguese writer, journalist and military officer, notable for the realism of his literary descriptions and by the lyricism of his speech. Brandão was born in Foz do Douro, a parish of Porto, where he spent the majority of his youth...
(1867-1930)
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- Luís de CamõesLuís de CamõesLuís Vaz de Camões is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. His mastery of verse has been compared to that of Shakespeare, Vondel, Homer, Virgil and Dante. He wrote a considerable amount of lyrical poetry and drama but is best remembered for his epic work Os Lusíadas...
(died 1580) - Miguel Esteves CardosoMiguel Esteves CardosoMiguel Vicente Esteves Cardoso is a Portuguese writer, translator, critic and journalist. He's a well known monarchist and conservative.-Early life:...
(born 1955) - Fernão Lopes de CastanhedaFernão Lopes de CastanhedaFernão Lopes de Castanheda was a Portuguese historian in the early Renaissance.His "History of the discovery and conquest of India", full of geographic and ethnographic objective information, was widely translated throughout Europe.- Life :Castanheda was the natural son of a royal officer, who...
(died 1559) - Camilo Castelo BrancoCamilo Castelo BrancoCamilo Ferreira Botelho Castelo-Branco,1st Viscount de Correia Botelho , was a prolific Portuguese writer of the 19th century, having authored over 260 books . His writing is, overall, considered original in that it combines the dramatic and sentimental spirit of Romanticism with a highly personal...
(1825-1890) - António Feliciano de CastilhoAntonio Feliciano de CastilhoAntónio Feliciano de Castilho, 1st Viscount of Castilho , Portuguese man of letters, born at Lisbon.He lost his sight at the age of six, but the devotion of his brother Augusto, and aided by a retentive memory, enabled him to go through his school and university course with success; and he acquired...
(1800-1875) - Eugénio de CastroEugénio de CastroEugénio de Castro e Almeida was a Portuguese writer and a poet. He was a professor at the Faculty of Letters at the University of Coimbra and attended Escola Normal Superior in the same university....
(1869-1944) - Ferreira de CastroFerreira de CastroJosé Maria Ferreira de Castro was a Portuguese writer and journalist.At age 12, he immigrated to Brazil, where his work at a rubber plantation for the next four years would be the inspiration for his most famous book, A Selva , which was adapted for a 2002 film of the same title José Maria...
(1898-1974) - Gaspar CorreiaGaspar CorreiaGaspar Correia or Gaspar Corrêa was a Portuguese historian, author of "Lendas da Índia , one of the earliest and most important works about Portuguese rule in Asia, being referred to as a Portuguese Polybius.- Biography :There is little information about the life of the author...
, 16th-century historian - Hélia CorreiaHélia CorreiaHélia Correia is a Portuguese writer, born in Lisbon. At university, she read Romance Philology. After a period working as a high school teacher, Hélia Correia undertook postgraduate studies in Classical Theatre. Her literary career started in earnest in the 1980s and she quickly achieved great...
(born 1949) - Natália CorreiaNatália CorreiaNatália de Oliveira Correia, GOSE, GOL was an intellectual, poet and social activist, as well as author of the official lyrics of the Hino dos Açores, the regional anthem of Autonomous Region of the Azores...
(1923-1993) - Maria Velho da CostaMaria Velho da CostaMaria de Fátima de Bívar Velho da Costa is a Portuguese writer who was awarded the Camões Prize in 2002. She took part of the Portuguese Feminist Movement with Maria Isabel Barreno and Maria Teresa Horta ....
(born 1938)
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- Cristóvão Falcão (died 1557)
- António FerreiraAntónio FerreiraAntónio Ferreira was a Portuguese poet and the foremost representative of the classical school, founded by Francisco de Sá de Miranda. His most considerable work, Castro, is the first tragedy in Portuguese, and the second in modern European literature.-His life:Ferreira was a native of Lisbon...
(1528-1569) - José Gomes FerreiraJosé Gomes FerreiraJosé Gomes Ferreira, GOSE, GOL was a Portuguese poet and fiction writer with a vast work of varied influences. Gomes Ferreira was also a political activist that participated in the resistance against the dictatorship of Oliveira Salazar, becoming later a member of the Portuguese Communist Party...
(1900-1985) - Vergílio FerreiraVergílio FerreiraVergílio Ferreira, JOSE was a Portuguese writer.As a teenager, he studied in a seminar. Later he studied at the University of Coimbra. His experiences are related in his most famous work "Manhã Submersa", Vergílio Ferreira, JOSE (Melo, Gouveia, 28 January 1916 – Lisbon, 1 March 1996) was a...
(1916-1996) - Manuel da FonsecaManuel da FonsecaManuel Lopes Fonseca, better known as Manuel da Fonseca was a Portuguese writer....
(1911-1993)
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- Almeida GarrettAlmeida GarrettJoão Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, Viscount of Almeida Garrett was a Portuguese poet, playwright, novelist and politician. He is considered to be the introducer of the Romanticism in Portugal, with the epic poem Camões, based on the life of Luís de Camões...
(1799-1854), playwright - António GedeãoAntónio GedeãoAntónio Gedeão was a Portuguese poet, essayist, writer and playwright, who also published several works related to science...
(1906-1997), poet - Augusto GilAugusto GilAugusto César Ferreira Gil was a Portuguese poet. He was born on July 31, 1873, in Lordelo do Ouro, and died on November 26, 1929 in Guarda. He wrote Balada da Neve, a well-known poem among Portuguese poets....
(1873-1929), poet - Damião de GóisDamião de GóisDamiao de Góis , born in Alenquer, Portugal, was an important Portuguese humanist philosopher. He was a friend and student of Erasmus. He was appointed secretary to the Portuguese factory in Antwerp in 1523 by King John III of Portugal...
(1502-1574) - Vasco Graça MouraVasco Graça MouraVasco Navarro da Graça Moura, OSE is a Portuguese lawyer, writer, translator and politician, son of Francisco José da Graça Moura and wife Maria Teresa Amado da Cunha Seixas Navarro de Castro, of Northern Portugal bourgeoisie.He was a Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic...
(born 1942) - Pedro Guilherme-MoreiraPedro Guilherme-MoreiraPedro Guilherme-Moreira is a Portuguese lawyer and novelist.He was the one of first lawyers to win the João Lopes Cardoso Award and as a writer, he debuted in 2011 with the novel A Manhã do Mundo, ....
(born 1969)
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- Herberto HelderHerberto HélderHerberto Hélder de Oliveira is a Portuguese poet. He was born in Funchal, Madeira.- Biography :Herberto Helder was born into a family of Jewish ancestry in the Portuguese Atlantic island of Madeira. In 1946 he traveled to Lisbon to complete his secondary studies and subsequently in 1948 moved to...
(born 1930), poet - Alexandre HerculanoAlexandre HerculanoAlexandre Herculano de Carvalho e Araújo , was a Portuguese novelist and historian.-Early life:...
(1810-1877) - Maria Teresa HortaMaria Teresa HortaMaria Teresa Mascarenhas Horta is a Portuguese writer.She is bachelor in the Universidade de Lisboa and she has worked as a journalist...
(born 1937)
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- Rosa Lobato Faria (1932-2010)
- António Lobo AntunesAntónio Lobo AntunesAntónio Lobo Antunes, GCSE, MD ; born 1 September 1942) is a Portuguese novelist and medical doctor.-Life and career:António Lobo Antunes was born in Lisbon as the eldest of six sons of João Alfredo de Figueiredo Lobo Antunes , prominent Neurologist and Professor, close collaborator of Egas Moniz,...
(born 1942) - Fernão LopesFernão LopesFernão Lopes was a Portuguese chronicler appointed by King Edward of Portugal. Fernão Lopes wrote the history of Portugal, but only a part of his work remained....
(died after 1459)
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- António de MacedoAntonio de MacedoAntonio de Macedo was first a filmmaker and later a writer, university professor and lecturer.He gave up from filmmaking in the nineties as he felt systematically excluded from the state support programs of the Portuguese Ministry of Culture, the only financial source for film production in...
(born 1931) - Álvaro MagalhãesÁlvaro Magalhães (writer)Álvaro Magalhães is a Portuguese writer who was born in 1951. In 1982 he published his first book, História com muitas letras. Since then, Álvaro Magalhães wrote many other stories. His most prominent work, in literature, however, is the series of books Triângulo Jota...
(born 1951) - Sophia de Mello Breyner AndresenSophia de Mello Breyner AndresenSophia de Mello Breyner Andresen was an award-winning Portuguese poet and writer.Sophia, as she is often referred to in Portugal, was born in Porto to a wealthy aristocratic family. She inherited the surname 'Andresen' from her paternal grandfather, a Danish merchant...
(1919-2004) - Francisco Manuel de Melo (1608-1666)
- Wenceslau de MoraesWenceslau de MoraesWenceslau de Moraes , sometimes spelled Venceslau de Morais, was a Portuguese writer whose works were steeped in orientalism and exoticism, particularly the culture of Japan...
(1854-1929) - David Mourão-FerreiraDavid Mourão-FerreiraDavid de Jesus Mourão-Ferreira, GCSE was a Portuguese writer and poet from Lisbon.He was a son of David Ferreira and wife Teresa de Jesus Ferro Mourão...
(1927-1996)
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- Almada NegreirosAlmada NegreirosJosé Sobral de Almada Negreiros was a Portuguese artist. He was born in the then colony of São Tomé e Príncipe, the son of a Portuguese father, António Lobo de Almada Negreiros, and a Santomean mother, Elvira Freire Sobral...
(1893-1970) - Vitorino NemésioVitorino NemésioVitorino Nemésio Mendes Pinheiro da Silva was a poet, author and intellectual from Terceira, Azores, best known for his romance Mau Tempo No Canal, as well as being a professor in the Faculty of Letters at the University of Lisbon and member of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon...
(1901-1978) - António NobreAntónio NobreAntónio Pereira Nobre was a Portuguese poet. He died of tuberculosis in Foz do Douro, Porto, in 1900, after trying to recover in a number of places. His masterpiece Só , was the only book he published.-Northern Portugal:Nobre was a member of a wealthy family...
(1867-1900), poet
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- Carlos de OliveiraCarlos de OliveiraCarlos de Oliveira, GOSE , was a Portuguese poet and novelist.-Biography:...
(1921-1981) - Alexandre O'NeillAlexandre O'NeillAlexandre Manuel Vahia de Castro O'Neill de Bulhões, GOSE was a Portuguese writer and poet of Irish descent.-Family:...
(1924-1986) - Ramalho OrtigãoRamalho OrtigãoJosé Duarte Ramalho Ortigão was a Portuguese writer of the late 19th century and early 20th century. He spent his early years with his maternal grandmother in Oporto....
(1836-1915)
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- José Luís PeixotoJosé Luís PeixotoJosé Luís Peixoto , is a Portuguese writer who has written fiction, poetry, drama, lyrics and has participated in a wide number of projects involving writing.-Biographical note:...
(born 1974) - Soeiro Pereira GomesSoeiro Pereira GomesJoaquim Soeiro Pereira Gomes was a Portuguese writer of realist influence and became one of the major names of Portuguese literature of the 20th century. Pereira Gomes is, along with Alves Redol, the biggest name of the Portuguese neo-realist movement...
(1909-1949), neo-realist writer - Camilo PessanhaCamilo PessanhaCamilo Pessanha was a Portuguese symbolist poet.-Early years:Camilo de Almeida Pessanha was born the illegitimate son of Francisco António de Almeida Pessanha, an aristocratic law student, and Maria do Espírito Santo Duarte Nunes Pereira, his housekeeper, on September 7, 1867, at 11.00 p.m., in Sé...
(1867-1926), poet - Fernando PessoaFernando PessoaFernando Pessoa, born Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa , was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic and translator described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the Portuguese language.-Early years in Durban:On 13 July...
(1888-1935), poet - Fernão Mendes PintoFernão Mendes PintoFernão Mendes Pinto was a Portuguese explorer and writer. His exploits are known through the posthumous publication of his memoir Pilgrimage in 1614, an autobiographical work whose truthfulness is nearly impossible to assess...
(died 1583) - José Cardoso PiresJosé Cardoso PiresJosé Cardoso Pires, ComL, GCM was a Portuguese author of short stories, novels, plays, and political satire.-Origins and formative influences:Born in the village of São João do Peso, municipailty of Vila de Rei, Castelo Branco district...
(1925-1998)
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- Alves RedolAlves RedolAntónio Alves Redol was one of the most influential Portuguese neorealist writers. Redol was born in Vila Franca de Xira, an industrial zone near Lisbon. In 1927 he finished school, and in the next year travelled to Angola , where he stayed for three years...
(1911-1969), neo-realist writer - José RégioJosé RégioJosé Maria dos Reis Pereira, better known by the pen name José Regio was a Portuguese writer which lived most of his life in Portalegre...
pseudonym of José Maria dos Reis Pereira (1901-1969) - Garcia de ResendeGarcia de ResendeGarcia de Resende was a Portuguese poet and editor. He served John II as a page and private secretary, and later became a knight in the Order of Christ...
(1470-15360 - Aquilino RibeiroAquilino RibeiroAquilino Gomes Ribeiro, ComL was a Portuguese writer and diplomat. He is considered as one of the great Portuguese novelists of the 20th century. He was nominated for the Nobel Literature Prize in 1960....
(1885-1963), neo-realist writer - Bernardim RibeiroBernardim RibeiroBernardim Ribeiro was a Portuguese poet and writer. His father, Damião Ribeiro, was implicated in the conspiracy against John II of Portugal...
(1482-1552) - Francisco Rodrigues LoboFrancisco Rodrigues LoboFrancisco Rodrigues Lobo was a Portuguese poet and bucolic writer.He was born of rich and noble parents but of Sephardi Portuguese ancestry in Leiria, reading philosophy, poetry and writing of shepherds and shepherdesses by the rivers Liz and Lena. He studied at the University of Coimbra and took...
(1580-1622)
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- Mário de Sá Carneiro (1890-1916)
- Francisco de Sá de MirandaFrancisco de Sá de MirandaFrancisco de Sá de Miranda was a Portuguese poet of the Renaissance.-Life:Sá de Miranda was the son of a canon of Coimbra belonging to the ancient and noble family of Sa...
(died 1558) - Bernardo SantarenoBernardo SantarenoBernardo Santareno is pseudonym of António Martinho do Rosário , a Portuguese writer. He was born in Santarém and died in Lisboa....
pseudonym of António Martinho do Rosário (1924-1980) - Ary dos SantosAry dos SantosJosé Carlos Ary dos Santos, GCIH or just Ary dos Santos was one of the most relevant names of the Portuguese popular poetry of the 20th century....
(1936-1984), poet - José Hermano SaraivaJosé Hermano SaraivaJosé Hermano Baptista Saraiva , is a Portuguese historian and jurist. He is most known as a television personality in Portugal, having been the author and presenter of several documentary series of historical divulgation in the last decades.-Biography:Hermano Saraiva was a professor of law and...
(born 1919), historian - José SaramagoJosé SaramagoJosé de Sousa Saramago, GColSE was a Nobel-laureate Portuguese novelist, poet, playwright and journalist. His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the human factor. Harold Bloom has described Saramago as "a...
(1922-2010), Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998 - António SardinhaAntónio SardinhaAntónio Sardinha was a Portuguese writer and the main intellectual behind the Integralismo Lusitano movement. He espoused as a strongly conservative world view which has been characterised as an early fascism.-Early politics:Sardinha graduated in law from the University of Coimbra in 1911...
(1888-1925) - Agostinho da SilvaAgostinho da SilvaGeorge Agostinho Baptista da Silva, GCSE was a Portuguese philosopher, essayist and writer. His thought combines elements of pantheism and millenarism, an ethic of renunciation , and a belief in freedom as the most important feature of man. Anti-dogmatic, he asserts that truth is only found in the...
(1906-1994) - António José da SilvaAntónio José da SilvaAntónio José da Silva was a Portuguese-Brazilian dramatist, known as "the Jew" . The Brazilian spelling of his first name is Antônio.-Life:...
(1705-1739), dramatist - Miguel Sousa TavaresMiguel Sousa TavaresMiguel Andresen de Sousa Tavares is a Portuguese lawyer, journalist and writer.The son of poet Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen and lawyer and politician Francisco Sousa Tavares, Miguel received his education in Law, eventually pursuing careers in journalism and essay writing for which he became...
(born 1952)
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- Urbano Tavares RodriguesUrbano Tavares RodriguesUrbano Tavares Rodrigues, GCIH is a Portuguese professor of literature, a literary critic and a fiction writer, winner of many literary prizes. He was born in 1923 in Lisbon, Portugal, but spent most of his childhood near Moura, in Alentejo, the Southern region of Portugal...
(born 1923) - Manuel Tiago pseudonym of Álvaro CunhalÁlvaro CunhalÁlvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal, who used the name Álvaro Cunhal , was a Portuguese politician. He was one of the major opponents of the dictatorial regime of Estado Novo. He served as secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party from 1961 to 1992...
(1913-2005) - Miguel TorgaMiguel TorgaMiguel Torga, pseudonym of Adolfo Correia da Rocha is considered one of the greatest Portuguese writers of the 20th century...
(1907-1955)
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- Mário Cesariny de VasconcelosMário Cesariny de VasconcelosMário Cesariny de Vasconcelos also known as Mário Cesariny is among the most important Portuguese surrealist poets, having published several major works during a career spanning 50 years...
(1923-2006), poet - Álvaro VelhoÁlvaro VelhoÁlvaro Velho was a Portuguese writer that participated as a sailor or soldier in the expedition of discovery of sea route to India led by Vasco da Gama in 1497. He was the attributed author of an anonymous logbook, main direct source known describing the expedition...
(15th-16th century) - Fernando VenâncioFernando VenâncioFernando Venâncio is a Portuguese born writer, intellectual, literary critic, linguist and academic. At present he holds Dutch nationality....
(born 1944) - Cesário VerdeCesário VerdeCesário Verde was a 19th-century Portuguese poet. His work, while mostly ignored during his lifetime and not well known outside of the country’s borders even today, is generally considered to be amongst the most important in Portuguese poetry and is widely taught in schools...
(1855-1886), poet - Gil VicenteGil VicenteGil Vicente , called the Trobadour, was a Portuguese playwright and poet who acted in and directed his own plays. Considered the chief dramatist of Portugal he is sometimes called the "Portuguese Plautus,"[3] often referred to as the "Father of Portuguese drama" and as one of Western literature's...
(1465-1537)