Jorge Amado

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Jorge Leal Amado de Faria , known as Jorge Amado (born August 10, 1912 , Itabuna , Bahia , Brazil , † August 6, 2001 in Salvador da Bahia ) is one of the most important Latin American writers of the 20th century .

Life

Jorge Amado was born in 1912 as the son of a cocoa plantation owner in the Brazilian state of Bahia and grew up in the port city of Ilhéus . There is disagreement about the place of birth of Jorge Amado. Some biographers claim that his place of birth was the Fazenda Auricídia, which at that time belonged to Ilhéus; this fazenda later belonged to Itajuípe. What seems certain, however, is that the birth was recorded in Ferradas, a village near Itabuna .

Jorge Amado in 1997

Amado attended a Jesuit school and worked as a laborer on plantations when he was thirteen. At the age of twelve he published a short story and at fifteen he was already writing for a newspaper. As a journalist and writer, he campaigned for the poor and the oppressed. Amado was imprisoned for his political beliefs and lived in exile in Argentina and Uruguay from 1937 to 1942. In 1945 he became a member of the National Assembly for the Communist Party (PCB) and worked on the new Brazilian constitution. After 1948 he went into exile again in Europe and stayed in Paris from 1948 to 1950 and in Prague from 1951 to 1952. In Paris he was called "the Brazilian Victor Hugo" because he modestly bought his baguettes incognito without identifying himself. Amado visited the Soviet occupation zone in 1948 and the GDR in 1974 and paid tribute to the success of the country's development. After long journeys he returned to Brazil.

In 1951 Amado was awarded the International Stalin Peace Prize.

Amado's most famous work is the novel Gabriela like cinnamon and cloves . His most important translator was Curt Meyer-Clason . Almost all of Amado's works are set in northeastern Brazil , mainly in and around Bahia . His works depict the life and survival of simple people, often located in the milieu of the demi-world . Despite the material problems of his protagonists , most of his books are bursting with vitality and zest for life. Locations and themes that provide a framework for the action are often brothels , carnivals and the Afro-Brazilian cult .

Many of Amado's works were filmed. The film adaptation of Dona Flor and her two husbands was one of the most successful Brazilian films ever and the basis for a musical and a television series. Amado was repeatedly a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature. His awards the election in 1961 belongs to a member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras (ABL), chair no. 23, 1969, he was awarded the Prêmio Juca Pato Award, in 1994 he was awarded the highly doped Camões Prize .

Jorge Amado died of a heart attack shortly before his 89th birthday on August 6, 2001 in Salvador . At his request he was cremated and the ashes were scattered at the foot of a mango tree in the garden of his house on Rua Alagoinhas. In 1986 the Fundação Casa de Jorge Amado was founded and inaugurated on March 7, 1987. Today it is in Pelourinho (Casa) , the upper town of Salvador da Bahia.

Works

Filmography

Literary template

  • 1971: The Challenger ( The Sandpit Generals DVD title: The Defiant - The Challenger) - based on the novel "Capitães da areia"
  • 1975: The Shepherds of the Night (Otalia de Bahia) - based on the novel "Os Pastores da Noite"
  • 1976: Dona Flor and her two husbands (Dona Flor e seus dois maridos)
  • 1977: Bazaar of Miracles (Tenda dos milagres)
  • 1983: Gabriela
  • 1989: Capitães da areia (TV series)
  • 1996: Tieta do Brasil
  • 2010: To die twice is too much (Quincas Berro d'Água) - according to the story "A morte ea morte de Quincas Berro d'Água"

script

  • 1954/56: The Wind Rose (documentary film)
  • 1986: Jubiabá (based on his novel)

Web links

Commons : Jorge Amado  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jorge Leal Amado de Faria , website CPDOC - FGV. Accessed October 25, 2017 (Portuguese).
  2. ↑ a b c Jörg Plath: Obituary Jorge Amado: With cinnamon and cloves . In: Der Tagesspiegel , August 7, 2001
  3. ↑ RotFuchs, January 2017, p. 30
  4. ↑ Article Амаду Жоржи in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D034360~2a%3D%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83%20%D0%96%D0%BE%D1%80% D0% B6% D0% B8 ~ 2b% 3D% D0% 90% D0% BC% D0% B0% D0% B4% D1% 83% 20% D0% 96% D0% BE% D1% 80% D0% B6% D0% B8
  5. ↑ Jorge Amado - Biography. Fundação Casa de Jorge Amado, accessed August 13, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Amado, Jorge
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Amado de Faria, Jorge Leal (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Bahia , Brazil
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 2001
Place of death Salvador da Bahia