Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho, a famous writer, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1947. His 18 opuses were translated into over 71 languages, 655 versions were published in over 160 countries and areas all over the world.
In 1986, following the order of his religion, Paulo Coelho travel along one of the three routs of pilgrimage in Middle Ages, lasted three months, walked almost six hundred kilometer, arrive San Diego. He used the adventure as element, published <Pilgrimage>, talking about the experience and omens he met, full of religious colors. This opus gained surprising success, It has being printed for one hundred and seventeen times. In 1988, He was inspired by a story in <The Thousand and One Nights> and established fable story <The Alchemist>.
The situation of <The Alchemist> is not good at first, the publishers and the author never predicted that <The Alchemist> is so popular in the future, and became the best-sell book in Brazilian history. <The Alchemist> not only make the author's reputation rapidly so fast in the country, but also famous all over the world. And <The Alchemist> is the only book in the book that is even more popular than the Bible.
September the twenty-first, 2007, because of the huge effect of <The Alchemist> and his other opus, Paulo Coelho became United Nations messenger of peace.
In 1986, following the order of his religion, Paulo Coelho travel along one of the three routs of pilgrimage in Middle Ages, lasted three months, walked almost six hundred kilometer, arrive San Diego. He used the adventure as element, published <Pilgrimage>, talking about the experience and omens he met, full of religious colors. This opus gained surprising success, It has being printed for one hundred and seventeen times. In 1988, He was inspired by a story in <The Thousand and One Nights> and established fable story <The Alchemist>.
The situation of <The Alchemist> is not good at first, the publishers and the author never predicted that <The Alchemist> is so popular in the future, and became the best-sell book in Brazilian history. <The Alchemist> not only make the author's reputation rapidly so fast in the country, but also famous all over the world. And <The Alchemist> is the only book in the book that is even more popular than the Bible.
September the twenty-first, 2007, because of the huge effect of <The Alchemist> and his other opus, Paulo Coelho became United Nations messenger of peace.