Jorge Amado: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Fred P. Ellison, Brazil’s New Novel: Four Northeastern Masters (1954; reprinted 1979); Bobby J. Chamberlain, Jorge Amado (1990).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Aug 06, 2025
Anniversary information added. Aug 02, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Feb 12, 2024
Replaced photograph. Jan 11, 2022
Invalidated site: Los Angeles Times - Jorge Amado; Writer Revered as 'Balzac of Brazil'. Jun 14, 2021
Add new Web site: The New York Times - Jorge Amado Dies at 88; Brazil's Leading Novelist. Mar 08, 2017
Add new Web site: Los Angeles Times - Jorge Amado; Writer Revered as 'Balzac of Brazil'. Mar 08, 2017
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Jorge Amado. Sep 21, 2011
Image of Amado added. Sep 30, 2010
Article revised and updated. May 15, 2007
Article revised. Nov 09, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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