JORGE AMADO

BRAZIL, SOUTH AMERICA

 Jorge Leal Amado de Faria
Born: August 10, 1912 in
Ferradas
Died: August 6, 2001 in Salvador
Brazilian Novelist, Journalist, and
Lawyer
Mother: Eulália Leal Amado
JORGE AMADO Father: Colonel Joáo Amado de
Faria
 1930 – became a journalist
1931
 He married Matilde Garcia Rosa
 Lila was born
 his first novel was published by
Schmidt (The Country of Carnival,
1931)
1949
 Lila died in France (First daughter)
1950
JORGE AMADO  Paloma was born in Czechoslovakia
(Second daughter)
 He grew up on a cacao plantation along
the eastern seaboard of Brazil JORGE AMADO
 Educated at the Jesuit College in Salvador
and later studied law at the Federal
University in Rio de Janeir.
 Wrote more than 30 books, highlighted
many aspects of Brazilian culture that
have been published in around 55
countries and translated into 49
languages.
 1989
 He was awarded the Pablo Neruda award in
Russia
 JORGE AMADO’S NOTABLE WORKS

Captains of the sands (1937)

Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
(1958)
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
(1966)