Jorge Amado

Jorge Amado (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, including ''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. He also was Federal Deputy for São Paulo as a member of the Brazilian Communist Party between 1947 and 1951. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001
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by Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001
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by Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001
Published 1945

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by Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001
Published 1962

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by Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001
Published 1988

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by Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001
Published 1971

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by Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001
Published 1969

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by Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001
Published 1991

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by Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001
Published 1990

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by Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001
Published 1979

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Published 1979

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by Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001
Published 1977

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