Writers and Poets
- Álvares de Azevedo (1831–1852), poet and writer
- Alfredo D'Escragnolle Taunay (1843–1871), writer and historian
- Augusto dos Anjos (1884–1914), poet
- Antônio Gonçalves Dias (1823–1864), poet
- Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987), poet and writer
- Cecília Meireles (1901–1964), poet
- Clarice Lispector (1925–1977), writer
- Érico Verissimo (1905–1975), writer
- Fernando Sabino (1923–2004), writer
- Ferreira Gullar, writer and poet
- Gustavo Dourado, (1960-) writer and poet
- Haroldo de Campos (1929–2003), poet
- Holdemar Menezes (1921–1996) writer
- João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920–1999), poet
- João Guimarães Rosa (1908–1967), writer
- Jorge Amado (1912–2001), writer
- José de Alencar (1829–1877), writer
- Luis Fernando Veríssimo (born 1936), writer
- Lya Luft (born 1938), writer and poet
- Machado de Assis (1839–1908), writer
- Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968), poet
- Maria Clara Machado (1921–2001), playwright
- Mário de Andrade (1893–1945), writer
- Márcio Souza (born 1946), writer
- Menotti del Picchia, critic and writer
- Monteiro Lobato (1882–1948), writer and publisher
- Nelson Rodrigues (1912–1980), journalist and writer
- Oduvaldo Vianna Filho (1936–1974), playwright
- Olavo Bilac (1865–1918), poet
- Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900–1978), critic
- Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954), writer and critic
- Paulo Coelho (born 1947), writer
- Vinícius de Morais (1913–1980), poet
- Luiz Duarte (born 1956), writer, playwright, and screenplaywriter
- Paulo Fernando Craveiro (born 1934) romance writer, chronicalist, poet, journalist
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