Author
Jorge Amado
August 10, 1912 – August 6, 2001 · Brazil
Writer, Journalist, Poet, Novelist, Politician
Titles on list
1
Total weeks
6
Peak rank
#14
Biography
- Born
- August 10, 1912 · Itabuna
- Died
- August 6, 2001 · Salvador
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese
- Education
- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Law
Awards & Honours
- 1969Juca Pato Prize
- 1980Grand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword
- 1984International Nonino Prize
- 1986Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry
- 1987honorary doctorate from University of Lyon-II
- 1990Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
- 1994Camões Prize
- 1995Commander of the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)
- 1998honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University
- 2012Grand Cross of the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)
- Lenin Peace Prize
- International Stalin Prize for Peace
- honorary doctor of the University of Brasília
- honorary doctor of the University of Padua
- Meritorious Citizen of the Freedom and Social Justice João Mangabeira (CBJM)
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
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