Jorge Amado, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jorge Amado

Brazilian writer

Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1912

Place of Birth: Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil

Date of Death: 06-Aug-2001

Profession: screenwriter, writer, lawyer, poet, politician, journalist, novelist, science fiction writer

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (['????i l?'aw ?'madu d?i f?'?i.?], 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 1978.
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.