List of Brazilian authors by epoch
The list of Brazilian authors by epoch contains the most famous prose writers, poets and essayists as they are also dealt with in reference works on Brazilian literary history. It is not designed to be complete, especially for modern times.
Vaz de Caminha reads the “ Letter to King Dom Manuel I ” to Commander Cabral, Friar Henrique and Master João. Historicizing painting by Aurélio de Figueiredo , 1900
Regarding the order: Within the epochs, the order is generally based on the Brazilian lexical order according to the authors' first names, exceptions arise if an author is better known by another name.
Discoverers and Conquerors (Literatura de informação)
The period from 1500 to 1600 is the era of the explorers and their reports, of the Jesuit literature and the chroniclers.
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Baroque (barroco)
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Arcadism (Arcadismo)
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Romance (romantismo)
Indianism ( Indianismo )
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Ultra-romantismo
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Condoreirismo (also: Condorismo)
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Romance: prose
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Realism (Realismo)
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Naturalism (naturalismo)
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Parnassianism (Parnasianismo)
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Symbolism (simbolismo)
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Premodern (Pré-Modernismo)
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Modernism (Modernismo brasileiro)
Postmodernism (Pós-Modernismo and Geração de 45)
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Concretismo
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Contemporary literature
- Adélia Prado (* 1935)
- Alberto Mussa (* 1963)
- Álvaro Cardoso Gomes (* 1944)
- Ana Maria Machado (* 1941)
- Ana Miranda (* 1971)
- Ana Cristina Cesar (1952-1983)
- Angela Dutra de Menezes (* 1946)
- Antonio Calado (1917–1997)
- Antônio Carlos Viana (* 1946)
- Antônio Torres (* 1940)
- Armando Freitas Filho (* 1940)
- Augusto Boal (1931-2009)
- Augusto de Campos (* 1931)
- Autran Dourado (1926–2012)
- Bernardo Élis (1915–1997)
- Caio Fernando Abreu (1948–1996)
- Campos de Carvalho (1916–1998)
- Carlos Heitor Cony (1926-2018)
- Carlos Herculano Lopes (* 1956)
- Carlos Nascimento Silva (* 1937)
- Chico Buarque (* 1944)
- Cristóvão Tezza (* 1952)
- Dalton Trevisan (* 1952)
- Décio Pignatari (1927–2012)
- Dias Gomes (1922–1999)
- Domício Proença Filho (* 1936)
- Donizete Galvão (1955-2014)
- Edla Van Steen (* 1936)
- Eduardo Spohr (* 1976)
- Elias José (1936-2008)
- Esdras do Nascimento (* 1934)
- Fernando Sabino (1923-2004)
- Francisco Alvim (* 1938)
- Geraldo Ferraz (1905–1979)
- Gianfrancesco Guarnieri (1934-2006)
- Gabriel de Paula Machado (* 1924)
- Haroldo de Campos (1929-2003)
- Harry Laus (1922-1992)
- Hilda Hilst (1930-2004)
- Horácio Costa (* 1954)
- Ignácio de Loyola Brandão (* 1936)
- Izomar Camargo Guilherme (* 1938)
- João Almino (born 1950)
- João Antônio (1937–1996)
- João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941-2014)
- Joel Silveira (1918-2007)
- Jorge Amado (1912-2001)
- José J. Veiga (1915-1999)
- José Paulo Paes (1926-1998)
- Jose Roberto Torero (* 1963)
- Josué Montello (1917-2006)
- José Sarney (* 1930)
- Leo Vaz (1890–1973)
- Lindanor Celina (1917-2003)
- Lindolfo Rocha (11862-1911)
- Luís Fernando Veríssimo (* 1936)
- Luiz Antonio de Assis Brazil (* 1945)
- Luiz Vilela (* 1942)
- Lya Luft (* 1938)
- Lygia Fagundes Telles (* 1923)
- Manoel Carlos Karam (1947-2007)
- Marcelo Mirisola (* 1966)
- Marcelo Rubens Paiva (* 1959)
- Márcia Frazão (* 1951)
- Mário Prata (* 1946)
- Mario Quintana (1906-1994)
- Mário Ribeiro da Cruz (* 1928)
- Marques Rebêlo (1907–1973)
- Miguel M. Abrahão (* 1961)
- Millôr Fernandes (1923-2012)
- Moacyr Scliar (1937-2011)
- Murilo Mendes (1901-1975)
- Murilo Rubião (1916–1991)
- Nélida Piñon (* 1937)
- Nelson Motta (* 1944)
- Otto Lara Resende (1922–1992)
- Paulo Aquarone (* 1956)
- Paulo Coelho (* 1947)
- Paulo Leminski (1944-1989)
- Paulo Mendes Campos (1922–1991)
- Paulinho Assunção (* 1951)
- Pedro Bandeira (* 1942)
- Per Johns (* 1933)
- Raduan Nassar (* 1935)
- Reinaldo Moraes (* 1950)
- Renard Perez (born 1928)
- Ronald Claver (* 1946)
- Rubem Braga (1913-1990)
- Rubem Fonseca (1925-2020)
- Ruth Rocha (* 1931)
- Ruy Castro (* 1948)
- Sérgio Sant'Anna (1941-2020)
- Silviano Santiago (* 1936)
- Thales de Andrade (1890-1977)
- Yara Cecim (* 1915)
- Zélia Gattai (1916-2008)
21st century writer
- André Vianna (* 1966)
- Adriana Falcão (* 1960)
- Adriana Lisboa (* 1970)
- Alberto Mussa (* 1961)
- Amílcar Bettega Barbosa (* 1964)
- Andréa del Fuego (* 1975)
- André Sant'Anna (* 1964)
- Angélica Freitas (* 1973)
- Annita Costa Malufe (* 1975)
- Bernardo Carvalho (* 1960)
- Bruno Cattoni (* 1957)
- Carlito Azevedo (* 1971)
- Carlos Eduardo Drummond (* 1971)
- Carlos Lima (* 1945)
- Christiane Magalhães Herrmann (* 1963)
- Christiane Tassis
- Cintia Moscovich (* 1958)
- Clarah Averbuck (* 1979)
- Clarice Pacheco (1989-2002)
- Claudio Daniel (* 1962)
- Cora Coralina (1889–1985)
- Christina Magalhães Herrmann
- Daniel Galera (* 1979)
- Daniel Pellizzari (* 1974)
- Delmo Montenegro (* 1963)
- Fabiano Calixto (* 1973)
- Fabrício Carpinejar (* 1972)
- Fabio Weintraub (* 1967)
- Fernanda Young (* 1970)
- Fernando Bonassi (* 1962)
- Fernando Molica (* 1961)
- Francisco Alvim (* 1938)
- Frederico Barbosa (* 1961)
- Heitor Ferraz (* 1964)
- Horacio Costa (* 1954)
- Índigo (* 1971)
- Ivana Arruda Leite (* 1951)
- Ivan Sant'Anna (* 1940)
- João Almino (born 1950)
- João Paulo Cuenca (* 1978)
- Joca Reiners Terron (* 1968)
- Leonardo de Moraes (born 1977)
- Luis Eduardo Matta (* 1974)
- Micheliny Verunschk (* 1972)
- Mario Quintana (1906-1994)
- Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza (1936-2020)
- Luiz Ruffato (* 1961)
- Marçal Aquino (* 1958)
- Marcelino Freire (* 1967)
- Mário Bortolotto (* 1962)
- Miguel Sanches Neto (* 1965)
- Milton Hatoum (* 1952)
- Modesto Carone (* 1937)
- Nelson de Oliveira (born 1966)
- Patrícia Melo (* 1962)
- Paulo Aquarone (* 1956)
- Paulo Ferraz (* 1974)
- Paulo Henriques Britto (* 1951)
- Paulo Scott (* 1966)
- Raduan Nassar (* 1935)
- Ronaldo Bressane (* 1970)
- Ronaldo Cagiano (born 1961)
- Santiago Nazarian (* 1977)
- Simone Campos (* 1983)
- Sonia Sant'Anna (* 1938)
- Tarso de Melo (* 1976)
- Thales Guaracy (* 1964)
- Vicente Franz Cecim (* 1946)
- Virna Teixeira (* 1971)
- Xico Sá (born 1962)
- Zacarias Martins (* 1957)
- Zé Rodrix (1947-2009)
- Zulmira Ribeiro Tavares (born 1930)
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The basis of the list is the similar list Anexo: Lista de escritores do Brasil por movimento literário of the Portuguese-language Wikipedia.
literature
- A Literatura Brasileira. 6 volumes. Ed. Cultrix, São Paulo 1964 ff.
- J. Aderaldo Castello: Período Colonial.
- Antônio Soares Amora: O Romantismo.
- João Pacheco: O Realismo.
- Massaud Moisés: O Simbolismo.
- Alfredo Bosi: O Pré-Modernismo.
- Wilsons Martins: O Modernismo.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Robert Wallisch (ed.): Writing about the discovery of Brazil. The letter from Pêro Vaz de Caminha to King Manuel of Portugal. TFM-Verlag, Frankfurt 2001, ISBN 3-925203-82-6 .