Jorge Amado

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Brazilian writer human novelist

Jorge Amado was a prominent Brazilian novelist whose socially engaged, often humorous portrayals of Bahian life made him one of the most widely read authors in Latin American literature.

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Label Occurrences
Jorge Amado canonical 7
Jorge Amado de Faria 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brazilian writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
awardReceived Camões Prize ⓘ
Lenin Peace Prize ⓘ
birthName Jorge Amado self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jorge Amado de Faria
child Paloma Amado ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Brazil ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1912-08-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2001-08-06 ⓘ
describedAs one of the most widely read authors in Latin American literature ⓘ
educatedAt Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
surface form: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Law
genre fiction ⓘ
novel ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
influencedBy Brazilian modernism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Portuguese ⓘ
memberOf Academia Brasileira de Letras ⓘ
surface form: Brazilian Academy of Letters

Brazilian Communist Party ⓘ
movement modernism ⓘ
Social realism ⓘ
surface form: social realism
name Jorge Amado self-link ⓘ
notableWork Captains of the Sands ⓘ
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands ⓘ
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon ⓘ
Jubiabá ⓘ
Sea of Death ⓘ
Sweat ⓘ
Tent of Miracles ⓘ
The Violent Land ⓘ
Tieta ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil ⓘ
placeOfDeath Salvador, Bahia, Brazil ⓘ
politicalIdeology communism ⓘ
positionHeld member of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
primarySettingOfWork Bahia ⓘ
surface form: Bahia, Brazil
religion atheism ⓘ
residence Salvador, Bahia, Brazil ⓘ
spouse Zélia Gattai ⓘ
workTranslatedInto English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
writingStyle humorous ⓘ
socially engaged ⓘ

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Latin American literature → hasNotableAuthor → Jorge Amado ⓘ
ABL → hasNotableMember → Jorge Amado ⓘ
subject surface form: Academia Brasileira de Letras
Carybé (artist) → associatedWith → Jorge Amado ⓘ
subject surface form: Carybé
Gregory Rabassa → translatedAuthor → Jorge Amado ⓘ
Carybé → collaboratedWith → Jorge Amado ⓘ
Jorge Amado → name → Jorge Amado self-link ⓘ
Jorge Amado → birthName → Jorge Amado self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jorge Amado de Faria
Camões Prize → hasWinner → Jorge Amado ⓘ