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Jorge Amado
Jorge Leal Amado de Faria, known as Jorge Amado, 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, including Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands in 1976, and having been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature at least seven times. His work reflects the image of…
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culture · Brazilian writer (1912–2001) · writer · journalist · poet · novelist · politician · also Jorge Amado, Jorge Leal Amado de Faria, Amado
Born 10 August 1912 · Died 6 August 2001 · Q184440
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) (2012).
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2001· 2 entries
Died 2001-08-06.
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University (1998).
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1995· 1 entry
Awarded Commander of the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) (1995).
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded Camões Prize (1994).
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (1990).
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1987· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate from University of Lyon-II (1987).
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The Fundação Casa de Jorge Amado was created in Salvador
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1986· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry (1986).
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1984· 2 entries
Awarded International Nonino Prize (1984).
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Was awarded the French Légion d’Honneur by President François Mitterrand
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword (1980).
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1976· 1 entry
And having been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature at least seven times
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1969· 1 entry
Awarded Juca Pato Prize (1969).
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1965· 1 entry
Following the intervention of the then Minister of Culture, André Malraux
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1958· 1 entry
With Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon, which was described by Jean-Paul Sartre as "the best example of a folk novel"
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1954· 1 entry
Amado abandoned active political life, leaving the Communist Party one year later
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1946· 1 entry
Career landmark: federal deputy of São Paulo (1946–1948).
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1945· 1 entry
Was elected to the National Constituent Assembly, as a representative of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) (he received more votes than any other candidate in the state of São Paulo)
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1935· 1 entry
Was arrested for the first time, and two years later his books were publicly burned
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1912· 1 entry
Born 1912-08-10.
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