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Paulo Coelho
Our Author’s
Biography
Childhood
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Born in Brazil in 1947
His parents wanted their
son to be an engineer
Paulo was seventeen
when his father had him
committed to a
psychiatric hospital for
showing signs of rebellion
and reluctance to follow
the path they had
planned for him.
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Paulo was admitted
on three different
occasions and
underwent several
sessions of
electroconvulsive
therapy
Revenge is Sweet!!!!
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Thirty years later, his
experiences there
prompted him to write
Veronika Decides to Die.
The novel went on to
have national
repercussions in Brazil,
aiding the approval of a
law prohibiting random
hospitalization.
Swept Up in the Hippie Movement
of the Sixties
became interested in the human search
for spirituality
 experimented with journalism, theatre and
song writing, finding himself at the
forefront of the Brazilian rock scene!
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Not just Author but an Activist
imprisoned under the Brazilian dictatorship
for publishing a series of comic strips
calling for more freedom
 Shortly after his release he was kidnapped
by paramilitaries and endured several
days in a torture centre.
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Love is All You Need
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After a brief and
unsuccessful
marriage, in 1979 he
was reunited with an
old friend, Christina
Oiticica, whom he
later married and still
lives with today.
The Alchemist
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In 1987 he wrote his first novel,
The Alchemist
Despite its initial failure, the
book was revisited after the
success of later works and it
went on to sell more copies
than any other novel in the
history of Brazil.
first of many of his works to be
extensively translated
will eventually appear on the
Broadway stage in the form of
a musical
Warner Brothers have bought
the rights to adapt it to film
Coelho’s Contributions and Strengths
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Coelho has won numerous
prestigious awards and has
acquired a large and loyal fan
base.
His works have been adapted
and produced on all seven
continents in various theatrical
forms - musicals, dance
theatre, puppets, dramatized
readings, opera.
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His greatest talent has been
identified as an ability to touch
and unite so many different
cultures through the power of
language.
He is one of the most
influential authors of our time
with an uncommonly extensive
readership and a style that is
direct without being superficial.