Amado, Jorge

Brazilian novelist (b. Aug. 10, 1912, Ferradas, near Ilh�us, Braz. - d. Aug. 6, 2001, Salvador, Braz.), was the literary patriarch of his country. The first half of his career was characterized by ideological works and the second by humorous, often ribald, novels of Brazilian life. The publication of Amado's second novel, in 1933, led to his being briefly detained, the first of many harassments by the government.