Paulo Coelho
Paulo
Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In his teenage he realized his
ambition was to become a writer. But his parents were against this path of a
career and insisted on him joining a Law school instead. An year later, Coelho
dropped out of college and traveled to South America, North Africa,
Mexico, and Europe.
After two
years, Coelho returned to Brazil and became a songwriter and had a successful
career. In 1974, he was imprisoned for a short time by the military
dictatorship then ruling in Brazil considering him dangerous due to his
occultist lyrics in some songs.
Finally in
1986, Coelho pursued a full-time career as a writer. His first book The
Alchemist was published in 1988. After that, began a series of brilliantly
written novels with life lesson theme and light-reads.
Some of his
books are: Veronika Decides to Die, Like the Flowing River, The Fifth Mountain,
Aleph, etc and the newly released Manuscripts found in Accra.
PS. My next post is about my experience with his books. Stay tuned!! :D
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