About

Known credits:
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Birthday:
1912-08-10
Place of birth:
Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
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Jorge Amado

Overview

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. He also was Federal Deputy for São Paulo as a member of the Brazilian Communist Party between 1947 and 1951.

Amado was born on Saturday, 10 August 1912, on a farm near the inland city of Itabuna, in the south of the Brazilian state of Bahia. He was the eldest of four sons of João Amado de Faria and D. Eulália Leal. The farm was located in the village of Ferradas, which, though today is a district of Itabuna, was at the time administered by the coastal city of Ilhéus. For this reason he considered himself a citizen of Ilhéus. From his exposure to the large cocoa plantations of the area, Amado knew the misery and the struggles of the people working the land and living in almost enslaved conditions. This was to be a theme present in several of his works (for example, The Violent Land of 1944).

As a result of a smallpox epidemic, his family moved to Ilhéus when he was one year old, and he spent his childhood there. He attended high school in Salvador, the capital of the state. By the age of 14 Amado had begun to collaborate with several magazines and took part in literary life, as one of the founders of the Modernist "Rebels' Academy".

He was the cousin of Brazilian lawyer, writer, journalist and politician Gilberto Amado, and of Brazilian actress and screenwriter Véra Clouzot.

Amado published his first novel, The Country of Carnival, in 1931, at age 18. He married Matilde Garcia Rosa and had a daughter, Lila, in 1933. The same year he published his second novel, Cacau, which increased his popularity.

He studied law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Law but never became a practising lawyer. His leftist activities made his life difficult under the dictatorial regime of Getúlio Vargas. In 1935 he was arrested for the first time, and two years later his books were publicly burned. His works were banned from Portugal, but in the rest of Europe he gained great popularity with the publication of Jubiabá in France. The book received enthusiastic reviews, including that of Nobel prize Award winner Albert Camus.

In the early 1940s, Amado edited a literary supplement for the Nazi-funded political newspaper "Meio-Dia". Being a communist militant, from 1941 to 1942 Amado was compelled to go into exile to Argentina and Uruguay. When he returned to Brazil he separated from Matilde Garcia Rosa. In 1945 he was elected to the National Constituent Assembly, as a representative of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) (he received more votes than any other candidate in the state of São Paulo). He signed a law granting freedom of religious faith. ...

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Known for

Acting
2024 3 Obás de Xangô Actor N/A
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2023 Xuxa, O Documentário Actor Self (Archive footage) 69
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2023 Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema Actor Self (archive footage) 58
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2022 Quando a Coisa Vira Outra Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2018 Dê Lembranças a Todos Actor Self N/A
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2003 Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1998 Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds Actor Self N/A
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1996 Tieta of Agreste Actor Ele Mesmo 59
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1996 Jorge Amado Actor Self N/A
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1995 Aimé Césaire, Une voix pour l'histoire Actor Self 59
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1994 Zona+ Actor Próprio N/A
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1994 Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo Actor N/A
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1993 Looking Back at You Actor Self N/A
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1989 Jorge Amado Actor Ele mesmo N/A
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1982 O Homem de Areia Actor Ele mesmo N/A
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1981 Glauber Rocha: Morto/Vivo Actor N/A
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1979 Jorge Amado no Cinema Actor 59
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1974 Bahia de Todos os Santos Actor Self N/A
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1974 Na Casa de Rio Vermelho Actor Self N/A
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1969 Bahia, For Example Actor Self 59
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Writing
2017 Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos Writing Novel 59
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2015 Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos - O Filme Writing Book N/A
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2014 The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail Writing Story 59
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2014 The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail Writing Novel 59
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2012 The Miracle of the Birds Writing Original Story 58
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2012 Gabriela Writing Novel 72
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2011 Captains of the Sands Writing Novel 59
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2010 The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell Writing Novel 59
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2002 Pastores da Noite Writing Story N/A
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2001 Porto dos Milagres Writing Novel 69
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1999 Coralito y sus dos maridos Writing Story N/A
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1999 Fallen Angels' Paradise Writing Novel 59
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1998 Dona Flor and Her 2 Husbands Writing Novel 59
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1998 Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos Writing Writer 69
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1996 Tieta of Agreste Writing Novel 59
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1996 O Capeta Carybé Writing Novel N/A
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1994 O Compadre de Ogum Writing Novel N/A
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1989 Tieta Writing Novel 69
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1987 Jubiabá Writing Novel 58
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1985 Tenda dos Milagres Writing Novel N/A
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1983 Gabriela Writing Novel 58
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1982 Kiss Me Goodbye Writing Novel 59
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1977 Tent of Miracles Writing Novel 58
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1976 Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Writing Novel 60
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1976 Bahia Writing Novel 59
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1976 Bahia Writing Writer 59
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1972 The Sandpit Generals Writing Novel 58
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1972 The Sandpit Generals Writing Story 58
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1964 Seara Vermelha Writing Novel N/A
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1957 The Wind Rose Writing Screenplay 58
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1949 Vendaval Maravilhoso Writing Novel N/A
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1949 Terra Violenta Writing Novel N/A
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