Graciliano Ramos was born on October 27, 1892 in Quebrangulo, Alagoas, Brazil as Graciliano Ramos de Oliveira. He was a writer, known for Vidas Secas (1963), São Bernardo (1972) and Memórias do Cárcere (1984). He was married to Heloísa Leite de Oliveira and Maria Augusta de Barros.