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- Zélia Gattai was born on July 2, 1916 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. She was a writer, known for Anarquistas Graças a Deus (1984), Jorge Amado no Cinema (1979) and One Heart (2004). She was married to Jorge Amado and Aldo Veiga. She died on May 17, 2008 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
- SpousesJorge Amado(1950 - August 6, 2001) (his death, 2 children)Aldo Veiga(1936 - 1944) (divorced, 1 child)
- She was the youngest of five children.
- Daughter of Italians, Ernesto Gattai and Angelina Da Col.
- Mother of Luís Carlos Veiga (b. 1942 in São Paulo), from her first marriage.
- Mother of João Jorge Amado (born in Rio de Janeiro, in 1947) and Paloma Amado Costa (born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1951).
- Grandmother of Cecília Amado and Jorge Amado Neto.
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