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Yann Martel
Canadian novelist
Yann Martel, CC (born June 25, ) is a Canadian author who wrote the Man Booker Prize–winning novel Life of Pi,[1][2][3][4] an international bestseller published in more than 50 territories. It has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and spent more than a year on the bestseller lists of the New York Times and The Globe and Mail, among many other best-selling lists.[5]Life of Pi was adapted for a movie directed by Ang Lee,[6][7] garnering four Oscars including Best Director[8][9] and winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.[10]
Martel is also the author of the novels The High Mountains of Portugal,[11][12]Beatrice and Virgil,[13][14][15] and Self,[16][17][18] the collection of stories The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and a c
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Yann Martel was born on June 25, , in Salamanca, Spain, to Emile and Nicole Martel, but spent his childhood living in a variety of different countries, including Costa Rica, France, India, Iran, Mexico, Turkey, Canada, and the United States. His parents, civil servants, were of French-Canadian nedstigning, and their family eventually settled in Montreal.
Martel attended Trent University from to , but graduated from Concordia University with a BA in philosophy in After graduating, along with writing and considering a career in politics or antropologi, he worked many different odd jobs—librarian, tree planter, dishwasher, säkerhet guard, and parking lot attendant. At the age of 27, he committed himself to writing.
Martel published his first work, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios and Other Stories, a collection of four short stories, in It received warm critical reception, although it did not sell well.
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