Jorge Amado
Writing 1912-08-10 Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
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 differen…
Known For
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Tieta of Agreste
1996
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Aimé Césaire: A Voice for History
1995
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3 Obás de Xangô
2025
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Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
2022
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Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
2024
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O Homem de Areia
1982
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Dê Lembranças a Todos
2018
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Bahia, For Example
1969
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Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003
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Bahia de Todos os Santos
1974
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Glauber Rocha: Morto/Vivo
1981
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Looking Back at You
1993
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Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
1998
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Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei
1996
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Jorge Amado no Cinema
1979
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Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo
1994
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Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023