Pierre Verger was born on November 4, 1902 in Paris, France as Pierre Edouard Leopold Verger. He was a writer, known for Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Mensageiro Entre Dois Mundos (2000), Pastinha! Uma Vida Pela Capoeira (1998) and Bandeira Branca de Oxalá (1968). He died on February 11, 1996 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.