Jorge Amado de Faria (August 10, 1912 - August 6, 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the Modernist school. He was the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, his work having been translated into some 30 languages and popularized in film, notably "Dona Flor and her Two Husbands" ("Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos") in 1978. His work dealt largely with the poor urban black and mulatto communities of Bahia. Wikipedia
Jorge Amado was born on August 10, 1912, at the Auricdia farm in the Ferradas district of Itabuna, a city in southern Bahia. www.fundacaojorgeamado.com.br/ing/jorge_biografia.htm
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