Jorge Amado, life and works

Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (1912-2001)) was a writer from Brazil who published around forty stories. The author felt connected with people with fewer resources and who were rejected for working in construction, prostitution or in the fields.

Beloved He used to say that good people were those who came from below, without much money, and bad people were from the upper or wealthy class. The writer understood, at one point in his life, that this had nothing to do with what a person did or projected to the world.

Biography

Birth and family

George Amado was born on his family's ranch on August 10, 1912, in the southern Brazilian state of Bahia. The boy's family decided to change residence when he was one year old, so he lived his childhood in Ilheús, a town located in the same state where he was born.

His mother was Eulália Leal Amado and his father was Colonel Joâo Amado de FariaThe farm owned by the family was dedicated to agriculture, specifically they grew cocoa. The town where he moved and the experience of his family's work inspired some of his works.

Beloved Youth

His high school years were attended by two schools, the Ipiranga Gymnasium and the Antonio Vieira., located in the city of Salvador de Bahia or simply Bahia. The place where she grew up taught her what village life is like, hard work and humility.

When he was fourteen, the young Amado became interested in writing and journalism. He worked in local newspapers and created literary groups, such as Arco y Flecha, La Academia de los Rebeldes and Samba; This he did in the company of many friends to try to recover the writing in Bahia.

Higher education

Upon graduating from college, Jorge decided to study law and moved to the capital of his country, Rio de Janeiro. He graduated from university, obtained a diploma in legal and social sciences; however, Jorge never pursued his university career.

The loves of Beloved

He married Matilde García Rosa in 1931, that year he published his first novel, entitled The country of Carnival. Two years later, Lila, the couple's daughter, was born. Cocoa It was the second novelistic production of Amado, published the same year that his daughter was born, 1933.

Political life

The author, being in favor of communism, had to leave his country and from 1941 to 1942 he lived in various parts of Latin America, including Argentina and Uruguay. He returned to Brazil and separated from Matilde; He was the most voted by the state of São Paulo for a deputy of the Constituent Assembly.

He was a member of the Communist Party of Brazil and one of those responsible for approving the bill for the freedom of religious worship in that country. During this time he remarried and in 1947 he had a son named Joel Jorge, with Zélia Gattai.

Years of exile

The Brazilian Communist Party was declared illegal, so most of its members ended up in prison or had to flee the country.. Jorge went to live in France and in 1949 his daughter Lila died, a year later he traveled to Czechoslovakia where his second daughter, Paloma, was born.

Literary life and recognitions

In 1955 Jorge dedicated himself totally to writing, six years later he became a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and several universities awarded him the doctor honoris cause.

In 1989 he was awarded the Pablo Neruda award in Russia. Although his literary career was notorious, he received the recognition he deserved posthumously, like many other great authors.

The writer's works have been adapted to many formats, including cinema and theater.. His stories have been published in around 55 countries and translated into 49 languages, which made Jorge Leal Amado a world-renowned writer. His storybooks are among the greatest you should read.

Death

At the beginning of the XNUMXst century, Amado returned to his hometown where he had already inaugurated a foundation that currently continues to contribute to the development of Bahia. Finally, Jorge Amado died on August 6, 2001 in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, and on his birthday they buried his ashes in his home.

Works

• Captains of the arena (1937)
• Saint George of the Ilheus (1944)
• Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon (1958)
• Dola Flor and her two husbands (1966)
• Teresa Batista tired of war (1972)