Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001

LC control no.	n 50024126
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PQ9697.A647
Personal name heading	Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Amadu, Zhorzhi, 1912-2001 Amađô, Gioocgi, 1912-2001 Амаду, Жоржи, 1912-2001
Birth date	1912-08-10
Death date	2001-08-06
Place of birth	Itabuna (Brazil)
Place of death	Salvador (Brazil)
Profession or occupation	Authors
Special note	Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found in	Cacáu, 1936. Têrêda, 1993: t.p. (Gioocgi Amađô) Washington Post, Aug. 8, 2001 (Jorge Amado, age 88, Brazil's all-time best-selling author, d. Aug. 6, 2001, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, of heart attack) Hora da guerra , 2008: back flap (born 1912 in Itabuna, died 2001; among the most important Brazilian writers of the twentieth century) Wikipedia, Nov. 12, 2013 (Jorge Leal Amado de Faria; born 10 August 1912 in Itabuna, Brazil; died 6 August 2001 in Salvador; Brazilian writer of the modernist school. His work have been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, notably Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands in 1978. His work depicted a cheerful and optimistic country beset with deep social and economic differences. He occupied the 23rd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1961 until his death in 2001) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Amado>
Associated language	por