List of Portuguese women writers

A

• Isabel Alçada, children's writer
• Rita Almeida, economist, non-fiction writer
• Ana Luísa Amaral, poet
• Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, poet

  B

• Maria Isabel Barreno
• Sara Beirão
• Agustina Bessa-Luís, novelist, theatre writer, essayist, children's writer, short story writer
• Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão, poet, dramatist, translator, essayist

  C

• Amélia dos Santos Costa Cardia
• Dulce Maria Cardoso, novelist
• Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho
• Maria Judite de Carvalho, novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright
• Públia Hortênsia de Castro, poet and humanist
• Violante do Ceo, poet
• Sara Pinto Coelho, playwright, novelist, short story writer, and children's writer
• Clara Pinto Correia, novelist, journalist
• Hélia Correia
• Natália Correia, poet, novelist, essayist
• Maria Velho da Costa

  D

• Luísa Dacosta
• Ana Daniel, poet
• Vimala Devi, writer, poet, translator

  E

• Florbela Espanca, poet
• Sofia Ester

  F

• Rosa Lobato de Faria, scriptwriter, novelists, poet, songwriter
• Susana Félix, songwriter
• Raquel Freire, screenwriter, novelist

  G

• Joana da Gama, author
• Teolinda Gersão, novelist, educator
• Luísa Costa Gomes, chronicler, librettist, novelist, playwright, screenwriter
• Ana Maria Gonçalves, novelist
• Olga Gonçalves, poet, novelist
• Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez, children's writer, writer of young adult literature
• Lutegarda Guimarães de Caires, poet and women's rights activist
• Regina Guimarães, poet, playwright, lyricist

  H

• Ana Hatherly, poet, pioneer of experimental poetry
• Maria Teresa Horta, feminist poet, journalist

  J

• Lídia Jorge, novelist

  L

• Bernarda de Lacerda, playwright
• Irene Lisboa, short story writer, poet, essayist, educational writer
• Susan Lowndes Marques, travel books about Portugal

  M

• Maria Aurora, journalist, poet, novelist, children's writer, associated with Madeira
• Isa Meireles, journalist, children's writer
• Eugénia Melo e Castro, songwriter
• Pilar Homem de Melo, songwriter
• Isabel Meyrelles, poet, sculptor
• Amélia Muge, lyricist

  O

• Raquel Ochoa, journalist, travel writer and novelist

  P

• Inês Pedrosa, journalist, novelist, short story writer, children's writer, playwright
• Ana Teresa Pereira, novelist
• Ana Plácido, novelist

  S

• Isabel Stilwell Historical novels

  V

• Joana Vaz, Latin scholar and poet
• Amélia Veiga, Portuguese-born Angolan poet, educator
• Mafalda Veiga, songwriter
• Alice Vieira, children's writer