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Questions about the works of the Brazilian author Jorge Amado (1912–2001) or his life as a writer. Use with the tag [portuguese-language].
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In what way is Jorge Amado's novel Jubiabá a modernist novel?
The Wikipedia article about Jorge Amado describes the author as "a Brazilian writer of the modernist school" and adds that he was "one of the founders of the Modernist 'Rebels' Academy"". His first no …
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What is the meaning of the reference to a young contemporary author?
At the beginning of Jorge Amado's novel The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray (A Morte e a Morte de Quincas Berro d'Água, 1959), the narrator seems to allude to something a young contemporary author …
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Why does Amado repeat the word morte in the title of his novel A Morte e a Morte de Quincas ...
The title of Jorge Amado's novel A Morte e a Morte de Quincas Berro d'Água (1959) has been translated in various ways:
The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell,
The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray (Gre …
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In what way is Jorge Amado's The Discovery of America by the Turks a modernist novel?
The Wikipedia article about Jorge Amado's The Discovery of America by the Turks / A Descoberta da América pelos Turcos describes this work as "a Brazilian Modernist novel", even though it was written …
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In what way is Jorge Amado's Home Is the Sailor a modernist novel?
The Wikipedia article about Jorge Amado's Home Is the Sailor / Os velhos marinheiros ou o capitão de longo curso describes this work as a "Brazilian modernist novel". The corresponding Portugese and I …
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In what way is Jorge Amado's The Violent Land a modernist novel?
The Wikipedia article about Jorge Amado's The Violent Land / Terras do Sem Fim describes this work as "a Brazilian Modernist novel". The corresponding Portuguese, French and Italian Wikipedia articles …
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Was Jorge Amado familiar with the work of Anna Seghers?
While looking for novels by Jorge Amado in the online catalogue of a bookseller, I stumbled upon the recently published novella Anna Seghers im Garten von Jorge Amado ("Anna Seghers in Jorge Amado's G …
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What is the famous song about the independence of Bahia or Brazil?
Like many other novels by Jorge Amado, Home Is the Sailor is set in Bahia, one of the states of Brazil. On the second of July, one of the novel's characters organises a ceremony during which
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Were Amado's Captains of the Sands based on reality?
Jorge Amado's novel Captains of the Sands concerns children living in the streets of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, and forming gangs that engaged in petty crime. From the opening of the book:
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