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.
Jorge Amado
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Gioocgi Amado, 조르지 아마두, خورخي أمادو, and 43 others
ژورژه آمادو, Ժորժի Ամադու, Jorge Amado de Faria, جورجي أمادو, Jorji Amadu, Gioocgi Amadô, ח'ורח'ה אמדו, ჟორჟი ამადუ, Jūrjī Amādū, Horhe Amado, ז'ורג'ה אמאדו, ז'ורז'ה אמאדא, Amado, ז'ורז'י אמאדו, Zjorzji Amadu, Žorže Amado, ジョルジェ・アマード, ז'ורז'ה אמדו, 若热·亚马多, جورجي آمادو،, Jorge Amáu, Жоржи Амаду, Jorge Leal Amado de Faria, Žorži Amado, آمادو، جورج،, Χόρχε Αμάντο, ジョルジェ アマード, ח'ורח'ה אמאדו, Batista, ז'ורג'ה אמדו, J アマード, Jorge Amado, Žoržė Amadas, Zhorzhi Amadu, Žorž Amado, Georgius Amado, Faria, Gioocgi Amađô, Ǧūrǧī Amādū, جورجىي امادۋ, Jorjï Amadw, Жоржі Амаду, Žorži Amadu - Born:
- Aug. 17, 1912
- Died:
- Aug. 17, 2001
