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Jorge Amado

Brazilian writer (1912-2001)

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Jorge Amado was a Brazilian novelist (1912-2001) who became one of Latin America's most widely read and translated authors, known for works that vividly depicted the culture and people of northeastern Brazil. His novels, including "Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon" and "Captains of the Sands," helped bring Brazilian literature to international attention and remain significant contributions to world literature.

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Born: 10 Aug 1912
Died: 6 Aug 2001
Works: 349

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Writing · Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil

Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, notably Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands in 1976. His work reflects the image of a Mestiço Brazil and is marked by religious syncretism. He depicted a…

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3 Obás de Xangô — Self (archive footage)2025
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi — Self (archive footage)2024
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema — Self (archive footage)2023
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra — Self (archive footage)2022
Dê Lembranças a Todos — Self2018

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Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (/ˈʒɔːrʒi/ ZHOR-zhee; Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈʒɔʁʒi aˈmadu]; 10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001), known as Jorge Amado, was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, including Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands in 1976, and having been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature at least seven times. His work reflects the image of a Mestiço Brazil and is marked by religious syncretism. He depicted a cheerful and optimistic country that was beset, at the same time, with deep social and economic differences.

He occupied the 23rd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1961 until his death in 2001. He won the 1984 International Nonino Prize in Italy. He also was Federal Deputy for São Paulo as a member of the Brazilian Communist Party between 1947 and 1951.