Gilberto Freyre was born on March 15, 1900 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. He was a writer, known for Inventário de um Feudalismo Cultural (1978), Casa-Grande e Senzala (2000) and O Mestre de Apipucos (1959). He was previously married to Maria Magdalena Guedes Pereira. He died on July 18, 1987 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.