List of Portuguese women writers

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

A

• Isabel Alçada (born 1950), children's writer
• Ana Luísa Amaral (born 1956), poet
• Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004), poet

B

• Maria Isabel Barreno (born 1939)
• Agustina Bessa-Luís (born 1922), novelist, theatre writer, essayist, children's writer, short story writer
• Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão (1938–2007), poet, dramatist, translator, essayist

C

• Amélia dos Santos Costa Cardia (1855–1938)
• 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
• Eugénia Melo e Castro (born 1958), songwriter
• Violante do Ceo (1601 or 1607–1693), poet
• Sara Pinto Coelho (1913–1990), playwright, novelist, short story writer, and children's writer
• Clara Pinto Correia (born 1960), novelist, journalist
• Hélia Correia (born 1949)
• Natália Correia (1923–1993), poet, novelist, essayist
• Maria Velho da Costa (born 1938)

D

• Luísa Dacosta (born 1927)
• 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
• Raquel Freire (born 1973), screenwriter, novelist

G

• Teolinda Gersão (born 1940), novelist, educator
• Luísa Costa Gomes, chronicler, librettist, novelist, playwright, screenwriter
• Olga Gonçalves (1929–2004), poet, novelist
• Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez (born 1958), children's writer, writer of young adult literature
• Regina Guimarães (born 1957), poet, playwright, lyricist

H

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

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

V

• Amélia Veiga (born 1931), Portuguese-born Angolan poet, educator
• Mafalda Veiga (born 1965), songwriter
• Alice Vieira (born 1943), children's writer

See also

• List of Portuguese writers
• List of women writers

Further reading

• Dicionário de escritoras portuguesas das origens à actualidade (Portuguese)