Jorge Amado de Faria (August 10, 1912 – August 6, 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the Modernist school. He was the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work translated into some 30 languages and popularized in film, notably Dona Flor and her Two Husbands in 1978. His work deals largely with the poor urban black and mulatto communities of Bahia.

Biography

He was born in the city of Itabuna , Bahia, son of João Amado de Faria and D. Eulália Leal. Jorge Amado went to Rio de Janeiro in 1931 and in the next year started to study law in the University of Rio de Janeiro. In this year, he released his first book, O País do Carnaval.

http://www.fundacaojorgeamado.com.br/ing/jorge_biografia.htm

Works

• O País do Carnaval (1931)
• Cacau (1933) (Cacao)
• Suor (1934)
• Jubiabá (1935)
• Mar Morto (1936) (Sea of Death}
• Capitães da Areia (1937) (Captains of the Sand)
• Terras do Sem Fim (1943)
• São Jorge dos Ilhéus (1944)
• Seara Vermelha (1946)
• Os Subterrâneos da Liberdade (1954)
• Gabriela, Cravo e Canela (1958) (Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon)
• A Morte e a Morte de Quincas Berro Dágua (The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell) (1959)
• Os Pastores da Noite (1964) (Shepherds of the Night)
• Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (1966) (Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands)
• Tenda dos Milagres (1969) (Tent of Miracles)
• Teresa Batista Cansada da Guerra (1972) (Tereza Batista: Home from the Wars)
• Tieta do Agreste (1977)
• Farda Fardão Camisola de Dormir (1979)
• Tocaia Grande (1984)
• O Sumiço da Santa (1988) (The War of the Saints)
• A Descoberta da América pelos Turcos (1994) (How the Turks Discovered America)
• O Compadre de Ogum (1995)

Trivia

External links

• Jorge Amado's Biography (in Portuguese)
• Jorge Amado's Biography (in English)