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Writers for Children

Ana Maria Machado (born 1941)
Francisco Marins (born 1922)
Lúcia Machado de Almeida (1910–2005)
Júlio César de Mello e Souza (1895–1974), best known as Malba Tahan
Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001)
José Bento Monteiro Lobato (1882–1948)
Socorro Acioli (born 1975)
Daniel Munduruku (born 1964)

Chroniclers

Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987)
Fernando Sabino (1923–2004)
João do Rio (1881–1921)
João Ubaldo Ribeiro (born 1941)
José de Côrtes Duarte (1895–1982)
Luís Fernando Veríssimo (born 1936)
Paulo Mendes Campos (1922–1991)
Pedro Bloch (1914–2004)
Rubem Braga (1913–1990)

Short Story Writers

Aníbal Machado
Alcântara Machado (1901–1935)
Dalton Trevisan (born 1925)
João Simões Lopes Neto (1865–1916)
Márcia Denser (born 1949)
Murilo Rubião (1916–1991)
Osman Lins (1924–1978)
Regina Rheda (born 1957)
Sonia Coutinho (1939–2013)

Non-Fiction Writers

Flavio Alves (born 1969) memoirist
Rubem Alves (born 1933) 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) folclorist
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
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
Miguel Reale (1910–2006) law theorist
Paulo Alfeu Junqueira Duarte (1899–1984) archaeologist
Paulo Freire (1921–1997) educator, political theorist
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

Playwrights

Ariano Suassuna (born 1927)
Artur Azevedo (1855–1908)
Augusto Boal (1931–2009)
Dias Gomes (1923–1999)
Edla Van Steen (born 1936)
Gianfrancesco Guarnieri (1934–2006)
José Paulo Lanyi (born 1970)
Leilah Assumpção (born 1943)
Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior (1845–1898)
Luiz Duarte (born 1956)
Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre (1777–1838)
Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001)
Luís Carlos Martins Pena (1815–1848)
Nelson Rodrigues (1912–1980)
Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
Pedro Bloch (1914–2004)
Qorpo Santo (Joaquim de Campos Leão) (1829–1883)
Vianinha (1936–1974)

Journalists

Alberto Dines (1932)
Tristão de Athayde (1893–1983)
Carlos Heitor Cony (born 1926)
Carlos Lacerda (1914–1977) journalist
Elio Gaspari (1944)
Elsie Lessa (1912–2000)
Gilberto Dimenstein (1956)
Ivan Lessa (born 1935)
José do Patrocínio
José Paulo Lanyi (born 1970)
Mino Carta (1933–1934)
Paulo Francis (1930–1967)
Quintino Bocaiúva
Samuel Wainer (1912–1980)
Sergio Buarque de Hollanda (1902–1982)
Sebastião Nery
Zuenir Ventura

Poets

Adalgisa Nery (1905–1980)
Adélia Prado (born 1935) poet, chronicler
Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna (born 1937)
Alberto de Oliveira (1859–1937)
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)
Arnaldo Antunes (born 1960)
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)
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)
Colombina (1882–1963)
Cora Coralina (1889–1985)
Cruz e Souza (1861–1898)
Dante Milano (1899–1991)
Décio Pignatari (born 1927)
Esmeralda Ribeiro (born 1958)
Ferreira Gullar (born 1930)
Frederico Barbosa
Gilberto Mendonça Teles (born 1931)
Gonçalves Crespo (1846–1883) Portuguese poet
Domingos 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)
João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920–1999)
Jorge de Lima (1895–1953)
Katya Chamma (born 1961)
Manoel de Barros (born 1916)
Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968)
Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre (1777–1838)
Marcia Theophilo (born 1941)
Mário de Andrade (1893–1945)
Mario Quintana (1906–1994)
Menotti Del Picchia (1892–1988)
Miriam Alves (born 1952)
Murilo Mendes (1901–1975)
Olavo Bilac (1865–1918)
Osório Duque-Estrada (1870–1927)
Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
Paulo Leminski
Raul Bopp (1898–1984)
Ronald de Carvalho (1893–1935)
Santa Rita Durão (1722–1784)
Silva Alvarenga (1749–1814)
Tomás Antônio Gonzaga (1744–1819)
Torquato Neto (1944–1972)
Vinícius de Moraes (1913–1980)
Waly Salomão

Novelists

A. C. Frieden (born 1966)
Adolfo Caminha (1867–1897)
Adonias Filho (1915–1990)
Aluísio de Azevedo (1857–1913)
Ana Miranda (born 1951)
André de Leones (born 1980)
Antônio Callado (1917–1997)
Ariano Suassuna
Autran Dourado (born 1926)
Bernardo Carvalho (born 1960)
Bernardo Guimarães (Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães) (1825–1884)
Caio Fernando Abreu (1948–1996) novelist, short stories
Chico Buarque (born 1944)
Clarice Lispector (1925–1977)
Cristovam Buarque
Cristóvão Tezza (born 1952)
Cyro dos Anjos (1906–1994)
Érico Veríssimo (1905–1975)
Fernando Sabino
Fernando Gabeira (1943)
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)
João Almino (born 1950)
João Gilberto Noll (born 1946)
João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941)
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 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)
Lya Luft (born 1938)
Lygia Fagundes Telles (born 1923)
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839–1908)
Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831–1861)
Márcio Souza (born 1946) novelist
Mário de Andrade (1893–1945)
Moacyr Scliar (born 1937)
Orígenes Lessa (1903–1986)
Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
Paulo Lins
Rachel de Queiroz (1910–2003)
Socorro Acioli (born 1975) novelist, journalist
Raduan Nassar (born 1935)
Regina Rheda (born 1957)
Roberto Drummond (1933–2002)
Rubem Fonseca (born 1925)
Sérsi Bardari (born 1954)
Viscount of Taunay (1843–1899)
Antônio Gonçalves Teixeira e Souza) (1812–1861)
Urda Alice Klueger
Pedro Nava (1903–1984) novelist
Mário Palmério (1916–1996) novelist
Nélida Piñon (born 1937) novelist
Raul Pompéia (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 (born 1941) novelist
José Sarney novelist
Bernardo Guimarães (Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães) - novelist, poet

Literary Critics

Mário de Andrade (1893–1945)
Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
Alfredo Bosi (born 1936)
Antonio Candido (born 1965)
Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900–1978)
Afrânio Coutinho (1911–2000)
Araripe Júnior (1848–1911)
Benedito Nunes (1929–2011) critic
Wilson Martins (1921–2010)
Tobias Barreto de Meneses (1839–1889)
José Guilherme Merquior (1941–1991)
Augusto Meyer (1902–1970)
Fernandes Pinheiro (1826–1878)
Sílvio Romero (1851–1914)
Florêncio Carlos de Abreu e Silva (1839–1881) politician, critic
José Veríssimo (1857–1916)

Other writers

Marcelo Cassaro (1970) rpg creator, comics writer
Millôr Fernandes (1924-2012) journalist, poet, essayst
Zélia Gattai (1916–2008) memoirist, children literature
Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (Helena Morley) memoirist
Ricardo Semler business
Gabriel Soares de Souza naturalist
Mateus Soares de Azevedo historian
Malba Tahan (1895–1974) pen name for Júlio César de Mello e Souza children literature
Adelmar Tavares poet
Franklin Távora (1842–1888) novelist
Miguel Torres de Andrade screenplay writer
Fagundes Varela (1841–1875) poet
Antônio Vieira (1608–1697) preacher, historian
Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco (1868–1916) short stories
Austregésilo de Athayde journalist
Fabrício Carpi Nejar poet
Aristides Fraga Lima (1923 – c. 1996) children literature
Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto (1864–1934) novelist
José do Patrocínio 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 - 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