Gilberto Freyre

1900 - 1987

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country of citizenship: Brazil

native language: Portuguese

languages spoken, written or signed: Portuguese

educated at: Columbia University, Baylor University

occupation: anthropologist, sociologist, writer, poet, painter, journalist, politician, historian

award received: Prêmio Jabuti, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise, Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ, honorary doctor of the Federal University of Ceará, honorary doctorate of the University of Coimbra, honorary doctor of the University of Lisbon, Prêmio Machado de Assis

position held: federal deputy of Pernambuco

Gilberto de Mello Freyre (March 15, 1900 – July 18, 1987) was a Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman born in Recife. Considered one of the most important sociologists of the 20th century, his best-known work is a sociological treatise named Casa-Grande & Senzala (literally, "The main house and the slave quarters", usually translated into English as The Masters and the Slaves). Source: Wikipedia (en)