Jorge Amado, considered Brazil’s greatest contemporary writer for raucous, bawdy novels that celebrate his country’s underclasses, has died. He was 88. Amado died Monday evening, hours after being ...

“Dona Flor: this character is coming along nicely. The last two scenes I churned out quickly—the first in a day, although the second took me four: it was the scene of Vadinho’s arrival, after all.

Brazil’s beloved novelist Jorge Amado, whose bestselling novels garnered both political controversy and critical praise as well as depiction on film and TV, died of heart and lung failure Monday Aug.

Brazil's most famous novelist, Jorge Amado, who warmed readers in cold climates the world over with tales of sultry tropical life in works such as Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, died of heart failure ...

Brazil's all-time, best-selling author Jorge Amado died yesterday at age 88 of heart and lung failure. Amado wrote 32 books. His work has been translated from Portuguese into 48 languages. In Brazil, ...

Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated ...

Jorge Amado has written 1 shows including Sarava (Source Material).