Jorge Leal Amado de Faria
10 Aug 1912 – 6 Aug 2001
384 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
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
Also published as: Jorge Amado, Jorge Amado de Faria, J. Amado, JORGE AMADO, Amado Jorge, Jorge AMADO
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Capitães da Areia
5 · 1937 · 68 want to read
Dona Flor e seus dais maridos
4.2 · 1966 · 67 want to read
Gabriela, Cravo e Canela
4.7 · 1962 · 38 want to read
Capitães de areia
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Capitães de areia
1967 · 26 want to read
Mar Morto
5 · 1940 · 7 want to read
A morte e a morte de Quincas Berro Dágua
4 · 1962 · 7 want to read
The two deaths of Quincas Wateryell
4 · 1965 · 8 want to read
Gabriela, clove and cinnamon
1968 · 6 want to read
Suor
1981 · 5 want to read
Jubiabá
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Tent of Miracles
1971 · 5 want to read
A morte e a morte de Quincas Berro D'água
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O gato malhado e a andorinha Sinha
3 · 2001 · 2 want to read
O gato malhado e a Andorinha Sinha
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O gato malhado e a Andorinha Sinha
5 · n.d.
Tieta Do Agreste
4.5 · 1977 · 2 want to read
Tereza Batista cansada de guerra
1972 · 4 want to read
Jubiabá
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Gabriela, clavo y canela
5 · 2001 · 3 want to read
Gabriela, clove and cinnamon
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The violent land
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The violent land
1965 · 4 want to read
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Capitães da areia
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Mar morto
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