- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- August 10, 1912
- Place of Birth
- Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
- Died
- August 6, 2001
Jorge Amado
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. …
Filmography
movie3 Obás de Xangô
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieNas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieTieta do Agreste
2024 · Original Story
movieNelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieQuando a Coisa Vira Outra
2022 · Self (archive footage)
tvDoña Flor y sus dos maridos
2019 · Creator
movieDê Lembranças a Todos
2018 · Self
movieDona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos
2017 · Novel
movieDona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme
2015 · Novel
movieThe Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail
2014 · Novel, Story
movieThe Miracle of the Birds
2012 · Original Story
tvGabriela
2012 · Novel
movieCaptains of the Sands
2011 · Novel
movieThe Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell
2010 · Novel
movieGlauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003 · Self (archive footage)
tvPastores da Noite
2002 · Story
tvPort of Miracles
2001 · Novel
tvBrava Gente
2000 · Novel
movieFallen Angels Paradise
2000 · Novel
movieCoralito y sus dos maridos
1999 · Story
moviePierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
1998 · Self
tvDona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos
1998 · Writer
movieTieta of Agreste
1996 · Ele Mesmo, Novel
Jorge Amado
movieJorge Amado
1996 · Self
O Capeta Carybé
movieO Capeta Carybé
1996 · Novel
movieGilberto Gil: Tempo Rei
1996 · Self
tvTocaia Grande
1995 · Original Story
movieAimé Césaire: A Voice for History
1995 · Self
tvAimé Césaire: A Voice for History
1995 · Self
movieO Compadre de Ogum
1994 · Novel
tvZona+
1994 · Próprio
movieJosué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo
1994
movieLooking Back at You
1993 · Self
tvTereza Batista
1992 · Novel
tvTieta
1989 · Novel
Jorge Amado
movieJorge Amado
1989 · Ele mesmo
movieJubiabá
1987 · Novel
tvTenda dos Milagres
1985 · Novel
movieGabriela
1983 · Novel
movieKiss Me Goodbye
1982 · Novel
movieO Homem de Areia
1982 · Ele mesmo
tvTerras do Sem Fim
1981 · Original Story
movieGlauber Rocha: Morto/Vivo
1981
movieJorge Amado no Cinema
1979
movieTent of Miracles
1977 · Novel
movieDona Flor and Her Two Husbands
1976 · Novel
movieBahia
1976 · Writer, Novel
tvGabriela
1975 · Novel
tvApostrophes
1975 · Self
movieBahia de Todos os Santos
1974 · Self
Na Casa de Rio Vermelho
movieNa Casa de Rio Vermelho
1974 · Self
movieThe Sandpit Generals
1972 · Novel, Story
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self - Main Guest
movieBahia, For Example
1969 · Self
movieSeara Vermelha
1964 · Novel
Gabriela, Cravo e Canela
tvGabriela, Cravo e Canela
1961 · Novel
movieThe Wind Rose
1957 · Screenplay
movieVendaval Maravilhoso
1949 · Novel
movieTerra Violenta
1949 · Novel