João Cabral de Melo Neto was born on January 6, 1920 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. He was a writer, known for Morte e Vida Severina (1977), A Terra Queima (1984) and Morte e Vida Severina (1981). He was married to Marly de Oliveira and Stella Maria Barbosa de Oliveira. He died on October 9, 1999 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
