2. Biography
• Jorge Amado was
born on August
10, 1912 on Aurícidia
Farm in Ferradas.
• Outbreak of smallpox
“The black bladder”.
• His father had a
cacoa farm.
• He had three
brothers.
3. Studies
• His mother taught him
read.
• He completed his studies
in Salvador
• In 1924 Jorge Amado broke
out of the boarding school.
• He got the first job when
he was 14 years
• Jorge Amado studied Laws
in Rio de Janeiro University
(UFRJ)
• He was
journalist, communist and
deputy.
• Bohemian life
5. First work and book
• Lenita was the first work. (1929)
• Y. Karl - (O Jornal)
• “It was just child’s play. We were kids
when we wrote Lenita”
• Edison Carneiro and Dias da Costa
• The country of carnival
was the first book. (1931)
• His true literary debut
6. Historical context
• New State - Getulio Vargas
• Military dictatorship
• 3 Prisons
• Social differences
• Brazilian Communist Party (PCB)
• Exile
• Six years of proibition of his books
• Censorship
9. Works
The Jorge Amado’s works had 3 Stages:
1- Social Political
2- Cocoa
3- Women’s Sensualism
10. His books portray
• Sensualism
• Politic
• Traditions
• Religious
• Brazilians People
• Coloneis
11. GabrielaClove and Cinanmon,Tieta and
DonaFlor and her two husbands
• Sensualism
• Treason also of
women
• The value of Women
• Women also can to
work
12. Jubiabá and Captains of Sands
• Thefts
• Street Children
• Religious
• Dreams
• Early maturity
• labor rights
• Politic conscience
• Egalitarian society
• Striker Leader
• Antônio Balbuíno
13. The boys grow up and go their separate ways: a sailor, an artist, a friar, a
gigolo, a highway bandit.
17. Familyand Friends
Carybé, Dorival Cayme and Jorge Amado
Zelia Gattai and Jorge Amado
Carybé and Jorge Amado
Vinicius de Moraes and Jorge Amado
Paloma Amado and Jorge Amado
Portinari, Graciliano Ramos, Pablo Neruda
and Jorge Amado.
Jorge Amado and João Jorge
Anísio Teixeira, Gilberto Freyre
and Jorge Amado
Jorge Amado his wife, sun and
dauther
Dorival and Jorge
18. Awards
• International Awards
Award Lênin’s peace (Moscou, 1951);
Latinidade's Award (Paris, 1971);
Award of Institut Ítalo-Latino-Americano
(Roma, 1976);
Award Risit d'Aur (Udine, Itália, 1984);
Award Moinho, Itália (1984); Prêmio
Dimitrof de Literature, Sofia —
Bulgária (1986); Prêmio Pablo
Neruda, Associação de Escritores
Soviéticos, Moscou (1989);
Award world Cino Del Duca da Fundação
Simone e Cino Del Duca (1990);
Award Camões(1995).
• Brazilian Awards
Prêmio Nacional de Romance
do Instituto Nacional do Livro (1959);
Prêmio Graça Aranha (1959); Prêmio
Paula Brito (1959);
Prêmio Jabuti (1959 e 1995); Prêmio
Luísa Cláudio de Sousa, do Pen Club do
Brasil (1959); Prêmio Carmen Dolores
Barbosa (1959);
Troféu Intelectual do Ano (1970); Prêmio
Fernando Chinaglia, Rio de Janeiro
(1982);
Prêmio Nestlé de Literatura, São
Paulo(1982);
Prêmio Brasília de Literatura —
Conjunto de obras (1982);
Prêmio Moinho Santista de Literatura
(1984);
Prêmio BNB de Literatura (1985)
19. • Possession of Brazilian
Academic of letters.
• April 6, 1961.
• This award also received
by Machado de Assis and
José de Alencar.
22. Bibliography References
• MICHAELIS, school dictionary english x portuguese
• http://translate.google.com.br/#en/pt/
• http://www.jorgeamado.com.br/vida.php3
• http://auladecamporotarymam20123b1.blogspot.com.br/201
2/10/3-jorge-amado-e-o-modernismo.html
• http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Amado
• http://www.jorgeamado.org.br/
23. Questions
• Do you think Jorge Amado was the better writer? Why?
• What Jorge Amado’s book do you think is the best? Why?
• Do you think it is important to show his books on TV?
• About the historical context, in your opinion, How has the
military dictatorship influenced Jorge Amado’s works?
• Have you ever read(Watch) any book (Film)of Jorge Amado?
Have you liked it?
• What do you think about the sensualim and image of women
showed in Jorge Amado’s book?
• Jorge Amado showed in his books polemics critics about
Brazil. Do you think that nowadays people agree with his
opinions?
