Which writer, Jorge Amado or Sarah Caudwell, remains the best known of modern Brazilian writers?
Jorge Amado Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (] , 10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, notably "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands" in 1978. His work reflects the image of a Mestiço Brazil and is marked by religious syncretism. He depicted a cheerful and optimistic country that was beset, at the same time, with deep social and economic differences.
João Paulo Cuenca João Paulo Cuenca (Rio de Janeiro, 1978) is a Brazilian writer, considered to be among the new generation of promising Brazilian authors. In 2012, the English literary magazine "Granta" named him as one of the 20 best Brazilian writers under 40. In 2007, he was selected by the Hay Festival as one of the most talented 39 Latin American writers under 39. His striking eloquence creates scenarios which change effortlessly between common surroundings and surreal incidents.