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This is a list of Angolan writers, ordered alphabetically by surname. A writer is a person who writes books, stories , or articles as a job. A writer is a person who writes books, stories , or articles as a job.
- Henrique Abranches (1932–2004), poet
- Antero Abreu (1927–2017), poet
- José Eduardo Agualusa (born 1960), Portuguese journalist and fiction writer[Gikandi]
- Fernando Costa Andrade (1936–2009), poet[Jahn]
- Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928–1990), poet and politician[Jahn]
- Mario António (1934–1989), poet[Jahn]
- Gabriela Antunes (1937–2004), folklore
- Arlindo Barbeitos (born 1940), poet
- Geraldo Bessa Victor (1917–1985), poet[Jahn]
- Dulce Braga (born 1958), autobiographer
- António Cardoso (1933–2006), short story writer[Jahn]
- Mendes de Carvalho, writing as Uanhenga Xitu, politician and Africanist writer in Portuguese and Kimbundu[Gikandi][1]
- Lisa Castel (born 1955), writer and journalist
- Alberto Graves Chakussanga (1978–2010), murdered Angolan radio journalist
- Maria João Chipalavela[2]
- Tomaz Vieira da Cruz (1900–1960), poet[Jahn]
- Viriato da Cruz (1928–1973), poet[Jahn]
- Alexandre Dáskalos (born 1924), poet[3]
- Maria Alexandre Dáskalos (born 1957)[4] [Jahn]
- Raul David (1918–2005?)[5]
- Kalaf Epalanga (born 1978)
- Lopito Feijóo (born 1963), poet[6]
- Isabel Ferreira (born 1958)
- Ernesto Lara Filho (1932–1977), poet[7]
- Domingos Florentino (born 1953)[8]
- Henrique Guerra (born 1937), short story writer[Jahn]
- Duque Kate Hama (born 1963)[9]
- António Jacinto (1924–1991), poet and political activist[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- Sousa Jamba (born 1966), Anglophone journalist and novelist[10][11]
- Kandjila (born 1973)[12]
- Luis Kandjimbo (born 1960), essayist and critic[13]
- Dia Kassembe (born 1946), Francophone writer and novelist[14]
- Alda Lara (1930–1962), poet
- Manuel de Santos Lima (born 1935)[15] [Jahn]
- Amélia da Lomba (born 1961), writer and journalist
- Reis Luís, or “Mbwanga” (born 1968), Portuguese-language novelist[16]
- João Maimona (born 1955), poet and essayist[17]
- Rafael Marques (born 1971), journalist
- André Massaki (1923–1996), politician and writer[Jahn]
- Joaqim Dias Cordeiro da Matta (1857–1894), folklorist[Jahn]
- Cikakata Mbalundu (Aníbal Simões) (born 1955)[18]
- Manuel Rui Monteiro (born 1941), poet[Gikandi][19]
- Agostinho Neto (1922–1979), poet[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- Frederico Ningi (born 1959), poet, journalist[20]
- Ondjaki (born 1977), poet, novelist and dramatist
- Ernesto Cochat Osório (1917–2002), doctor and poet[Jahn]
- Pepetela, pen-name of Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos (born 1941), writer of fiction[Gikandi]
- José de Fontes Pereira (1838–1891), early Angolan journalist
- Wanda Ramos (1948–1998)
- Inácio Rebelo de Andrade (born 1935)[21]
- Oscar Ribas (1909–2004), novelist[Jahn]
- Alcides Sakala Simões (born 1953)[22]
- Ana de Santana (born 1960)
- Aires de Almeida Santos[23]
- Arnaldo Santos (born 1936), poet[Jahn]
- Maria Perpétua Candeias da Silva, teacher and short story writer[Jahn]
- Paula Tavares (born 1952), poet
- Timóteo Ulika (Cornélio Caley)[24]
- José Luandino Vieira (born 1935), short-story writer and novelist[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- Uanhenga Xitu (1924–2014), writer and nationalist
- Mota Yekenha (born 1962)[25]
