For 10 points, name this author, who wrote about Nacib the Arab's love for the titular girl in Gabriela, Clove, and Cinnamon.
One of this author's works begins with a series of "letters to the editor" decrying the exploits of a group of juvenile thieves.  In another work, the Nobel Laureate James Levensen hires Fausto Pena to research the writer Pedro Archanjo, who leads the titular university.  In another novel the businessman Mirko Stefano tries to get Ascanio elected mayor so he can extract titanium dioxide from a town, while the title character of that novel seduces her own nephew Ricardo. In addition to writing the aforementioned Captains of the Sands, Tent of Miracles and Tieta, the Goat Girl, this author created the character of Dionisia, who helps conjure the spirit of the dead gambler Vadinho, as well as Manuel of the Jaguars who struggles with Mudinho Falcao for political control of Ilheus. For 10 points, name this author, who wrote about Nacib the Arab's love for the titular girl in Gabriela, Clove, and Cinnamon.
One of this author's works begins with a series of "letters to the editor" decrying the exploits of a group of juvenile thieves.  
Jorge {Amado}