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 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.
Jorge Amado also was Federal Deputy for São Paulo by Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) between 1947 and 1951.
Source: Jorge Amado on Wikipedia
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Fiction, Fiction, general, Brazilian Authors, Biography, Brazil, fiction, History, Description and travel, Portuguese fiction, Romance brasileiro, Brazilian fiction, Fiction (fictional works by one author), Social life and customs, Brazilian Novelists, Brazilian literature, Translations into English, Cacao growers, Drama, Festivals, Ficción, History and criticism, Interviews, Pictorial works, Saints, Travel, ArchitecturePlaces
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Jorge Amado (1912-2001), Castro Alves (1847-1871), Jorge Amado (1912-), Luís Carlos Prestes (1898-), Antonio de Castro Alves, Jorge Amado, Adonias Filho (1915-), Castro Alves (1847-1871,), Dias Gomes (1922-), Luís Carlos Prestes, Luís Carlos Prestes (1898-1990), Salvador Allende Gossens (1908-1973), Zélia Gattai (1916-), Zélia Gattai (1916-2008)Time
20th century, 1889-, 19th century, 18th century, 1930, 1930s, 1945-, 20e siècle, Geschichte 20. Jh, Revolution, 1789-1799, SIGLO XX, Siglo XX, To 1830ID Numbers
- OLID: OL126038A
- BookBrainz: 17905b33-93df-49d0-bbe1-684325e886b6
- GoodReads: 52683
- ISNI: 0000000120968252
- IMDb: nm0023764
- Library of Congress Names: n50024126
- LibraryThing: amadojorge
- MusicBrainz: a747fa8c-6228-4e06-9218-a3fa21db4e53
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV003721
- VIAF: 108732513
- Wikidata: Q184440
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q184440
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Alternative names
- Jorge Amado
- Jorge Amado de Faria
- J. Amado
- JORGE AMADO
- Amado Jorge
- Jorge AMADO
- AMADO JORGE
| November 22, 2025 | Edited by PeterMacTroy | Edited without comment. |
| June 12, 2025 | Edited by WikidataBot | [sync_author_identifiers_with_wikidata] add wikidata remote identifiers |
| January 13, 2025 | Edited by Ryan Frozza | Added new photo |
| January 13, 2025 | Edited by Ryan Frozza | Name field 'Jorge Amado' was changed to 'Jorge Leal Amado de Faria' as written in the documentation. Pen name 'Jorge Amado' was added in the author's other names. |
| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |