Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (1912—2001) was a Brazilian writer of the Modernist school. He was the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, his work
having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film,
notably Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos) in 1978. His work reflects the image of a mestizo Brazil and is marked
by religious syncretism. A cheerful and optimistic country and at the
same time, with deep social and economic differences.
He occupied the 23rd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1961 until his death in 2001.
