In 1965, Jorge Amado is in Salvador and works on his new novel.
Typed letter signed by Jorge Amado to the couple of friends Antônio and Zora Olinto.
A leaf.
In Portuguese.
20.5 cm x 26.5 cm.
Salvador, February 22, 1965.
Excellent condition of conservation.
Unique piece.
I continue to work on the novel, slowly but surely.
The author most adapted for cinema, theater, Carnival and, above all, for Brazilian television with countless successful soap operas, Jorge Amado (1912 - 2001) was one of the most famous writers in Brazilian literature. Translated into 55 countries and 49 languages, the success of his work was surpassed only by Paulo Coelho.
A great admirer of Jorge Amado's work, his wife Zélia (1916 - 2008) began working with him in 1945 in the movement for amnesty for political prisoners. Shortly after, the two writers got married and Zélia decided to help her husband by reviewing and typing his original manuscripts. They lived in Rio de Janeiro, Paris and Czechoslovakia, where Zélia began the project of photographing Jorge, allowing a record of all the key events in the writer's life. Finally, they moved to Salvador, Bahia, his hometown.
Antonio Olinto and Zora Seljan were among the closest friends of Jorge Amado and Zélia Gattai. In between visits, the correspondence between the two couples was intense.
Afro-Brazilian culture was a constant theme, given the interest that Olinto and Zora had in the subject; one of the other prominent themes was the intense harassment suffered by Jorge Amado, who was often forced to leave Bahia accompanied by Zélia to have some peace and quiet in London, the capital where Olinto lived with his wife; among the other subjects discussed by Amado and Zélia in their correspondence, there is also news about the Candomblés of Bahia, Jorge's writing process, the books published by their friends (Olinto and Zora were prolific writers), trips they took to Italy and France, the daily life of the house in Bahia, always full of visitors - including from other celebrities - and the business relationships with television and cinema.
