Jorge Amado

Jorge Amado
Amado in 1988
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 5 February 1946 – 10 January 1948
Constituency	São Paulo
Janam	10 August 1912(1912-08-10) Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
Maut	6 August 2001 (aged 88) Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Political party	PCB (1932–1956)
Spouse	Zélia Gattai (m. 1945)
Alma mater	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (LL.B.)
Kaam	Writer, professor

Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (/ˈʒɔːrʒi/ ZHOR-zhee; pt-BR; 10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001), jiske Jorge Amado ke naam se jaana jaawat rahaa, ek Brazilian lekhak modernist school ke rahaa. Uu Brazil ke sab se jaada jana-maana lekhak hae , uske kaam ke 49 bhasa me translate karaa gais hae aur uspe film banaawa gais hae, jisme hae Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands 1976 me, aur uske Nobel Prize in Literatureke khaatir saat dafe nominate karaa gais hae. Uske kaam reflects ek Mestiço Brazil ke image dekhae hae aur isme religious syncretism hae. Uu ek cheerful aur optimistic des ke dekhae hae jisme gahira social aur economic differences hae.

Uu Brazilian Academy of Letters ke 23rd chair ke occupy karis rahaa 1961 se uske maut 2001 talak. UU 1984 International Nonino Prize ke Italy me jiitis rahaa. Uus Federal Deputy for São Paulo bhi rahaa Brazilian Communist Party ke member ban ke, 1947 1951 ke biich me.