Comic Book Writers Marcelo Cassaro, (1970-), writer Dramatists Augusto Boal - dramatist Journalists Diogo Mainardi, (1962-), writer Poets Álvares de Azevedo - poet Augusto dos Anjos - poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade - poet Cruz e Souza - poet Manuel Bandeira, (1886-1968), poet Olavo Bilac, (1865-1918), poet Writers Casimiro de Abreu, (1839-1860), writer Cecília Meireles - poet Clarice Lispector, (1925-1977), writer Erico Veríssimo, (1905-1975), writer João Cabral de Melo Neto - writer João Guimarães Rosa, (1908-1967), writer Jorge Amado, writer José de Alencar, writer Lima Barreto, (1881-1922), writer Lúcio Cardoso, 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 Paulo Coelho, (1947-), writer