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Jorge Amado

1912–2001 · 20th century

Jorge Amado was a Brazilian novelist from the cacao region of southern Bahia and one of the most widely read writers of Latin America. His early novels portrayed the violent struggle for the cacao lands, and later works such as Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon (1958) and Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1966) celebrated the life of Bahia. He was also a Communist deputy in 1946.

Jorge Amado — Image: Bernard Gotfryd · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Jorge Amado. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jorge-amado
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