List of Portuguese women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Portugal or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• Isabel Alçada (born 1950), children's writer
• Rita Almeida (born 1974), economist, non-fiction writer
• Ana Filomena Amaral (born 1961), historian, novelist
• Ana Luísa Amaral (1956–2022), poet
• Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004), poet

B

• Maria Isabel Barreno (1939–2016)
• Sara Beirão (1880–1974)
• Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922–2019), novelist, theatre writer, essayist, children's writer, short story writer
• Mercedes Blasco (1867–1961), memoirist, translator, journalist, novelist and playwright
• Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão (1938–2007), poet, dramatist, translator, essayist
• Lurdes Breda (born 1970), poet and children's writer

C

• Amélia dos Santos Costa Cardia (1855–1938)
• Cláudia de Campos (1859–1916), writer and activist
• Dulce Maria Cardoso (born 1964), novelist
• Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho (1847–1921)
• Maria Judite de Carvalho (1921–1998), novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright
• Públia Hortênsia de Castro (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
• Maria Rosa Colaço (1935–2004), children's writer and journalist
• Clara Pinto Correia (born 1960), novelist, journalist
• Hélia Correia (born 1949)
• Natália Correia ^[1] (1923–1993), poet, novelist, essayist
• Maria Velho da Costa (1938–2020)

D

• Luísa Dacosta (1927–2015)
• Ana Daniel (1928–2011), poet
• Vimala Devi (born 1932), writer, poet, translator

E

• Florbela Espanca (1894–1930), poet
• Sofia Ester (born 1978)

F

• Rosa Lobato de Faria (1932–2010), scriptwriter, novelists, poet, songwriter
• Susana Félix (born 1975), songwriter
• Lília da Fonseca (1906-1991), feminist writer and journalist
• Raquel Freire (born 1973), screenwriter, novelist

G

• Joana da Gama (c. 1520–1586), author
• Teolinda Gersão (born 1940), novelist, educator
• Luísa Costa Gomes, chronicler, librettist, novelist, playwright, screenwriter
• Ana Maria Gonçalves (born 1970), novelist ^[2]
• Olga Gonçalves (1929–2004), poet, novelist
• Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez (born 1958), children's writer, writer of young adult literature
• Lutegarda Guimarães de Caires (1873–1935), poet and women's rights activist
• Regina Guimarães (born 1957), poet, playwright, lyricist

H

• Ana Hatherly (1929–2015), poet, pioneer of experimental poetry
• Maria Teresa Horta (1937–2025), feminist poet, journalist

J

• Lídia Jorge (born 1946), novelist

L

• Bernarda de Lacerda (1596–1644), playwright
• Irene Lisboa (1892–1958), short story writer, poet, essayist, educational writer
• Susan Lowndes Marques (1907–1993), travel books about Portugal

M

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

O

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

P

• Inês Pedrosa (born 1962), journalist, novelist, short story writer, children's writer, playwright
• Ana Teresa Pereira (born 1958), novelist
• Ana Plácido (1831–1895), novelist

S

• Isabel Stilwell (born 1960) Historical novels

V

• Joana Vaz (c. 1500–1570), Latin scholar and poet
• Amélia Veiga (born 1931), Portuguese-born Angolan poet, educator
• Mafalda Veiga (born 1965), songwriter
• Ana Vicente (1943–2015), feminist and children's writer
• Alice Vieira (born 1943), children's writer
• Virgínia Vitorino (1895–1967), poet and playwright

See also

• List of Portuguese writers
• List of women writers

Further reading

• Dicionário de escritoras portuguesas das origens à actualidade(in Portuguese) ^[3]

References

1. Lusa (October 18, 2010). "Dicionário de Escritoras revela escrita discriminada". publico.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved January 1, 2015.
2. "Ana Maria Gonçalves" (in Portuguese). Faculdade de Letras da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
3. "Dicionário de escritoras portuguesas das origens à actualidade". alpha.sib.uc.pt (in Portuguese). Universidade de Coimbra . Retrieved February 1, 2015.