List of Brazilian writers

Literary Critics

• Alfredo Bosi, (1936- ), literary critic
• Otto Maria Carpeaux, (1900-1978), literary critic

Dramatists

• Augusto Boal, dramatist
• Dias Gomes, dramatist
• Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, dramatist
• Plínio Marcos, dramatist

Journalists

• Diogo Mainardi, (1962-), writer
• Xico Sá, writer

Poets

• Álvares de Azevedo - poet
• Augusto dos Anjos - poet
• Carlos Drummond de Andrade - poet
• Cassiano Ricardo - (1895-1974), poet
• Cruz e Souza - poet
• Hilda Hilst, (1930-2004), poet
• Manuel Bandeira, (1886-1968), poet
• Olavo Bilac, (1865-1918), poet

Writers

• Alcântara Machado, (1901-1935), modernist writer
• Casimiro de Abreu, (1839-1860), writer
• Cecília Meireles, (1901-1964), poet
• Clarice Lispector, (1925-1977), writer
• Chico Buarque, (1944-), musician and writer
• Erico Veríssimo, (1905-1975), writer
• Euclides da Cunha, journalist and writer
• Graciliano Ramos, (1892-1953), writer
• João Cabral de Melo Neto - writer
• João Guimarães Rosa, (1908-1967), writer
• Jorge Amado, writer
• José de Alencar, (1829-1877), writer
• Lima Barreto, (1881-1922), writer
• Lúcio Cardoso, writer
• Holdemar Menezes, (1921-1996), writer
• Luiz Fernando Veríssimo, (1936-), writer
• Lygia Fagundes Telles,(1923-), writer
• Machado de Assis, (1839-1908), writer
• Mário de Andrade, (1893-1945), writer
• Monteiro Lobato, (1882-1948), writer
• Oswald de Andrade, poet and writer
• Rubem Braga, 1913-1990), writer
• Rubem Fonseca, (1925-), writer