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1 Biography

He was born in the city of Itabuna , Bahia, son of João Amado de Faria and D. Eulália Leal. Jorge Amado went to Rio de Janeiro in 1931 and in the next year started to study law in the University of Rio de Janeiro. In this year, he released his first book, O País do Carnaval.

2 Works

• O País do Carnaval ( 1931)
• Cacau ( 1933) (Cacao)
• Suor ( 1934See also 1933 in literature, other events of 1934, 1935 in literature, list of years in literature. Events First Flash Gordon comic strip published A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh is published. Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald is published.)
• JubiabáJubiab is a Brazilian Modernist novel. It was written by Jorge Amado in 1935. ( 1935See also 1934 in literature, other events of 1935, 1936 in literature, list of years in literature. Events Penguin Books publishes the first "paperback" book. Studs Lonigan A Trilogy is published by James T. In 2001, the book would be named as one of the)
• Mar MortoMar Morto Sea of Death is a Brazilian Modernist novel. It was written by Jorge Amado in 1936. ( 1936See also 1935 in literature, other events of 1936, 1937 in literature, list of years in literature. Events Life magazine is first published New Books The Allegory of Love C. Lewis The Big Money John Dos Passos Black Thunder Arna Wendell Bontemps The Broth) (Sea of Death}
• Capitães da AreiaCapitaes da Areia Captains of the Sand is a Brazilian Modernist novel. It was written by Jorge Amado in 1936. ( 1937See also 1936 in literature, other events of 1937, 1938 in literature, list of years in literature. Events January 9 The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States. New Books The Citadel A. Cronin Death on the Nile Agatha Christie Diar) (Captains of the Sand)
• Terras do Sem FimTerras do Sem Fim The Violent Land 1943) is a Brazilian Modernist novel written by Jorge Amado. ( 1943)
• São Jorge dos Ilhéus ( 1944)
• Seara Vermelha ( 1946)
• Os Subterrâneos da Liberdade ( 1954)
• Gabriela, Cravo e Canela ( 1958) (Gabriela, Clove and Garlic)
• The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell (A Morte e a Morte de Quincas Berro Dágua) ( 1959)
• Os Pastores da Noite ( 1964) (Shepherds of the Night)
• Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos ( 1966) (Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands)
• Tenda dos Milagres ( 1969) (Tent of Miracles)
• Teresa Batista Cansada da Guerra ( 1972) (Tereza Batista: Home from the Wars)
• Tieta do Agreste ( 1977)
• Farda Fardão Camisola de Dormir ( 1979)
• Tocaia Grande ( 1984)
• O Sumiço da Santa ( 1988) (The War of the Saints)
• A Descoberta da América pelos Turcos ( 1994) (How the Turks Discovered America)
• O Compadre de Ogum ( 1995)