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Jorge Amado

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Also known as Jorge Leal Amado de Faria

Brazilian writer (1912-2001)

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Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (1912–2001) was a Brazilian writer, journalist, poet, and novelist. Born in Itabuna, Bahia, he died in Salvador. He was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and the Academy of Arts, Berlin. Amado was influenced by Machado de Assis and wrote in Brazilian Portuguese. His notable works include *Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon*, *Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands*, *Tieta*, and *Captains of the Sands*.

He was educated at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Law. Amado identified as an atheist and was married to Zélia Gattai. His literary output includes titles such as *Agonia da noite*, *Tocaia Grande*, *O menino grapiúna*, and *Os asperos tempos*.

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Person · Open Library

Born
10 Aug 1912
Died
6 Aug 2001
Works
349

Top works

  • Agonia da noite
  • Tocaia Grande
  • O menino grapiúna
  • Ṭiyeṭah do Agresṭeh
  • Os asperos tempos

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Film & TV

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…

Known for

  • 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
  • Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth — Self (archive footage)2003
  • Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds — Self1998
  • Jorge Amado — Self1996
  • Tieta of Agreste — Ele Mesmo1996
  • Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei — Self1996

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
Brazil
Active from
1912
Active to
2001

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
605
Total plays
2,362

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composer

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    · 2020 · cited 15,938x

  2. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    · 2018 · cited 10,989x

  3. The organization of the human cerebral cortex estimated by intrinsic functional connectivity

    · 2011 · cited 9,207x

  4. 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension

    · 2018 · cited 8,294x

  5. Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2017 revisions of the McDonald criteria

    · 2018 · cited 7,328x

via Crossref · CC0

Quotes

  • “O cheiro de cravo,a cor de canela,eu vim de longevim ver Gabriela.”

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Official website

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

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