This is a list of Portuguese writers, ordered alphabetically by surname.
- António de Macedo (1931–2017)
- Álvaro Magalhães (born 1951)
- Maria Aurora (1937–2010), poet, novelist, children's writer
- Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004)
- Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins (1845-1894)
- Francisco Manuel de Melo (1608–1666)
- José Bragança de Miranda (born 1953), essayist
- Wenceslau de Moraes (1854–1929), poet, writer, orientalist
- David Mourão-Ferreira (1927–1996), poet, novelist, critic
- Valter Hugo Mãe (1971-)
- Luiz Pacheco (1925–2008), writer, polemist, literature critic
- Teixeira de Pascoaes (1877–1952), poet, writer
- Inês Pedrosa (born 1962), journalist, novelist, short story writer, children's writer, playwright
- José Luís Peixoto (born 1974)
- Soeiro Pereira Gomes (1909–1949), neo-realist writer
- Camilo Pessanha (1867–1926), poet
- Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935), poet
- Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509–1583)
- José Cardoso Pires (1925–1998)