List of Brazilian writers
This is a list of Brazilian writers, those born in Brazil or who have established citizenship or residency.
Writers for children
- Ana Maria Machado
- Francisco Marins
- Lúcia Machado de Almeida
- Júlio César de Mello e Souza, best known as Malba Tahan
- Maria Clara Machado
- José Bento Monteiro Lobato
- Socorro Acioli
- Daniel Munduruku
Chroniclers
- Carlos Drummond de Andrade
- Fernando Sabino
- João do Rio
- João Ubaldo Ribeiro
- José de Côrtes Duarte
- Luís Fernando Veríssimo
- Paulo Mendes Campos
- Pedro Bloch
- Rubem Braga
- Tati Bernardi
Short story writers
- Adrino Aragão
- Aníbal Machado
- Alcântara Machado
- Dalton Trevisan
- João Simões Lopes Neto
- Márcia Denser
- Murilo Rubião
- Osman Lins
- Regina Rheda
- Sonia Coutinho
Nonfiction writers
- Flavio Alves memoirist
- Rubem Alves theologian
- Mário de Andrade poet, musicologist
- Oswald de Andrade poet, essayist
- Nelson de Araújo historian, folklorist
- Gustavo Barroso politician
- Roger Bastide sociologist
- Leonardo Boff theologian
- Josué de Castro sociologist
- Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro mathematician
- Oswaldo Cruz physician, epidemiologist
- Euclides da Cunha sociologist
- Luís da Câmara Cascudo folklorist
- Alessandra Silvestri-Levy
- Antônio Houaiss dicionarist
- Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira
- José Maria da Silva Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco historian
- Caio Prado Júnior historian
- Celso Furtado economist
- Darcy Ribeiro anthropologist
- Florestan Fernandes historian, sociologist
- Gilberto Freyre sociologist
- Joaquim Nabuco memoirist, diplomat
- José Guilherme Merquior philosopher, sociologist
- José Lino Grünewald poet, translator
- José Mariano da Conceição Veloso botanist
- Julio Ximenes Senior physician
- Miguel Reale law theorist
- Paulo Alfeu Junqueira Duarte archaeologist
- Paulo Freire educator, political theorist
- Plínio Salgado politician
- Raymundo Faoro sociologist
- Rinaldo de Lamare physician
- Roberto da Matta anthropologist
- Ruy Barbosa political theorist
- Sérgio Buarque de Holanda historian
- Tristão de Athayde journalist
- Viscount of Taunay historian
- Olavo de Carvalho philosopher, journalist
- Vicente Ferreira da Silva logician
Playwrights
- Ariano Suassuna
- Artur Azevedo
- Augusto Boal
- Dias Gomes
- Edla Van Steen
- Gianfrancesco Guarnieri
- José Paulo Lanyi
- Leilah Assumpção
- Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior
- Luiz Duarte
- Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre
- Maria Clara Machado
- Luís Carlos Martins Pena
- Nelson Rodrigues
- Oswald de Andrade
- Pedro Bloch
- Qorpo Santo
- Vianinha
Journalists
- Alberto Dines
- Tristão de Athayde
- Carlos Heitor Cony
- Carlos Lacerda journalist
- Elio Gaspari
- Elsie Lessa
- Gilberto Dimenstein
- Hebert Neri
- Ivan Lessa
- José do Patrocínio
- José Paulo Lanyi
- Luiz Carlos de Carvalho Teixeira de Freitas
- Mino Carta
- Paulo Francis
- Quintino Bocaiúva
- Samuel Wainer
- Sergio Buarque de Hollanda
- Sebastião Nery
- Zuenir Ventura
- Olavo de Carvalho
Poets
- Adalgisa Nery
- Adélia Prado poet, chronicler
- Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna
- Alberto de Oliveira
- Alphonsus de Guimaraens
- Alvarenga Peixoto
- Álvares de Azevedo
- Amália dos Passos Figueiroa
- Américo Elísio
- Ana Cristina César
- António Pereira de Sousa Caldas
- Adalcinda Camarão
- Arnaldo Antunes
- Augusto de Campos
- Augusto de Lima
- Augusto dos Anjos
- Bruno Tolentino
- Basílio da Gama
- Domingos Caldas Barbosa
- Beatriz Francisca de Assis Brandão
- Carlos Drummond de Andrade
- Carpinejar
- Casimiro de Abreu
- Cassiano Ricardo
- Castro Alves
- Cecília Meireles
- Cláudio Manuel da Costa
- Colombina
- Cora Coralina
- Cruz e Souza
- Dante Milano
- Décio Pignatari
- Esmeralda Ribeiro
- Ferreira Gullar
- Frank Jorge
- Frederico Barbosa
- Gilberto Mendonça Teles
- Gonçalves Crespo
- Domingos José Gonçalves de Magalhães
- Gonçalves Dias
- Gregório de Matos Guerra
- Gustavo Dourado
- Haroldo de Campos
- Helena Parente Cunha
- Henriqueta Lisboa
- Hilda Hilst
- João Cabral de Melo Neto
- Jorge de Lima
- Katya Chamma
- Manoel de Barros
- Manuel Bandeira
- Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre
- Marcia Theophilo
- Mário de Andrade
- Mário Quintana
- Menotti Del Picchia
- Miriam Alves
- Murilo Mendes
- Olavo Bilac
- Osório Duque-Estrada
- Oswald de Andrade
- Paulo Leminski
- Raul Bopp
- Rogério Skylab
- Ronald de Carvalho
- Santa Rita Durão
- Silva Alvarenga
- Tomás Antônio Gonzaga
- Torquato Neto
- Vinícius de Moraes
- Waly Salomão
Novelists
- A. C. Frieden
- Adolfo Caminha
- Adonias Filho
- Aluísio de Azevedo
- Ana Miranda
- André de Leones
- André Vianco
- Antônio Callado
- Ariano Suassuna
- Autran Dourado
- Bernardo Carvalho
- Bernardo Guimarães
- Caio Fernando Abreu novelist, short stories
- Chico Buarque
- Clarice Lispector
- Cristovam Buarque
- Cristóvão Tezza
- Cyro dos Anjos
- Érico Veríssimo
- Esther Largman
- Fernando Sabino
- Fernando Gabeira
- José Paulo Lanyi
- José Pereira da Graça Aranha
- Graciliano Ramos
- João Guimarães Rosa
- Hilda Hilst
- Holdemar Menezes
- João Almino
- João Gilberto Noll
- João Ubaldo Ribeiro
- Joaquim Manuel de Macedo
- Jorge Amado
- José Américo de Almeida
- José Cândido Carvalho
- José de Alencar
- José Lins do Rego
- José Mauro de Vasconcelos
- Lima Barreto
- Lourenço Mutarelli
- Lúcio Cardoso
- Luisa Geisler
- Lya Luft
- Lygia Fagundes Telles
- Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
- Manuel Antônio de Almeida
- Márcio Souza novelist
- Mário de Andrade
- Max Mallmann
- Moacyr Scliar
- Orígenes Lessa
- Oswald de Andrade
- Paulo Coelho
- Paulo Lins
- Rachel de Queiroz
- Socorro Acioli novelist, journalist
- Raduan Nassar
- Regina Rheda
- Roberto Drummond
- Rubem Fonseca
- Victor Heringer
- Viscount of Taunay
- Antônio Gonçalves Teixeira e Souza)
- Urda Alice Klueger
- Pedro Nava novelist
- Mário Palmério novelist
- Nélida Piñon novelist
- Raul Pompéia novelist
- Godofredo Rangel novelist
- Marcos Rey novelist
- José Rezende Filho novelist
- Júlio Ribeiro novelist
- Sérgio Sant'Anna novelist
- José Sarney novelist
- Bernardo Guimarães - novelist, poet
Literary critics
- Mário de Andrade
- Oswald de Andrade
- Alfredo Bosi
- Antonio Candido
- Otto Maria Carpeaux
- Afrânio Coutinho
- Araripe Júnior
- Benedito Nunes critic
- Wilson Martins
- Tobias Barreto de Meneses
- José Guilherme Merquior
- Augusto Meyer
- Fernandes Pinheiro
- Sílvio Romero
- Florêncio Carlos de Abreu e Silva politician, critic
- José Veríssimo
Other writers
- Marcelo Cassaro rpg creator, comics writer
- Millôr Fernandes journalist, poet, essayst
- Zélia Gattai memoirist, children literature
- Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant memoirist
- Luis Eduardo Matta trillers
- Ricardo Semler business
- Gabriel Soares de Souza naturalist
- Mateus Soares de Azevedo historian
- Malba Tahan pen name for Júlio César de Mello e Souza children literature
- Adelmar Tavares poet
- Franklin Távora novelist
- Miguel Torres de Andrade screenplay writer
- Fagundes Varela poet
- António Vieira preacher, historian
- Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco short stories
- Austregésilo de Athayde journalist
- Fabrício Carpi Nejar poet
- Aristides Fraga Lima children literature
- Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto novelist
- José do Patrocínio journalist
- Afrânio Peixoto novelist
- Afonso Schmidt journalist
- Paulo Setúbal poet, novelist
- Narbal Fontes children's literature
- Eduardo Portella critic
- Francisco de Sales Torres Homem
- Ivan Ângelo novelist, journalist, short stories
- Paulo Fernando Craveiro romance writer, chronicalist, poet, journalist