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Please improve the article or discuss the issue on the talk page. | Paulo Coelho (IPA: [ˈpau̯lu ˈko̯eʎu]) (born August 24, 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ...
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Biography
Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the son of Pedro Queima de Souza an engineer, and his wife Lygia, a homemaker. His middle-class parents did not share his dream of an artistic career. When he was 17, his father had him committed to a mental institution where he endured electroshock therapy. Later when he got involved with a theatre group and started work as a journalist, they had him recommitted.[1] He sought spiritual experiences travelling throughout Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile, as well as Europe and North Africa. This article is about the Brazilian city. ...
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Coelho later launched an alternative magazine called 2001. After joining the Alternative Society and publishing a series of comic strips about freedom, he was imprisoned and was kidnapped and tortured by paramilitaries. After this, Coelho turned away from progressive politics, working as an executive in the music industry. After a prophetic dream he met a stranger who urged him to study the benign side of magic and to walk the pilgrim's Road to Santiago.
After completing the pilgrimage in 1987, Coelho wrote The Pilgrimage, describing his experiences of the extraordinary in ordinary lives. A year later he wrote The Alchemist which was not well received. When he wrote Brida, he gained much attention in the press and both books made best seller lists. The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho kick started his career. ...
Career As part of the Brazilian rock scene, Coelho wrote song lyrics for many famous performers in Brazilian music, such as Elis Regina and Rita Lee. His most well known work was with Raul Seixas. Together they wrote such successes as Eu nasci há dez mil anos atrás (I was born ten thousand years ago), Gita and Al Capone, amongst 60 other songs. Seixas taught Coelho the magic of communication: a complex message doesn't need to be hard to understand - the message must be as simple as possible to grasp, even though to live it is the hardest of things. As Seixas sings: "Two hands together at the same prayer" (Coisas do coração )or "the beauty of simplicity" ( Eu quero mesmo ). Raul Seixas (June 28, 1945 – August 21, 1989), was a Brazilian composer, singer, and songwriter. ...
Spirituality His fascination with the spiritual quest dates back to his hippie days, when he travelled the world learning about secret societies, oriental religions and mysticism.
As he confesses in an interview to Juan Arias, during that time he was introduced to the work of controversial English mystic Aleister Crowley, which influenced his collaboration with Raul Seixas. The influence extended not only to music, but also to plans for the creation of the "Alternative Society," which was to be an anarchist community in the state of Minas Gerais based on Crowley's premise: "'Do what thou wilt' shall be the whole of the Law." The project was considered subversive by members of the Brazilian military, which imprisoned all prospective members of the group. Coelho is reported to have been tortured during his imprisonment. Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley, (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947; the surname is pronounced // i. ...
Raul Seixas (June 28, 1945 – August 21, 1989), was a Brazilian composer, singer, and songwriter. ...
Capital (and largest city) Belo Horizonte Demonym Mineiro Government - Governor Aécio Neves - Vice Governor Antônio Augusto Junho Anastasia Area - Total 588,528. ...
After a supernatural experience, described in later on his book The Valkyries, Coelho left the society. The Valkyries is Coelhos third major publication, and his first in the 90s (1992). ...
Later in Holland he met a person (whom he would refer to as "J" throughout The Valkyries, The Pilgrimage and his website "Warriors of Light online") who changed his life and Coelho was driven towards Christianity. He said he became member of a Catholic group called Regnus Agnus Mundi, with J as its leader. However, he is the only source for the existence of the group and the Latin name is unverified. In 1986 he walked along the Road of Santiago, an ancient Spanish pilgrimage and his book The Pilgrimage describes his final initiation. For other uses, see Netherlands (disambiguation). ...
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The book has been praised by different personalities ranging from Nobel Prize winner Kenzaburo Oe to the singer Madonna, who considers it one of her favourite books. It has equally inspired many projects – such as a musical in Japan, theatre plays in France, Belgium, USA, Turkey, Italy, Switzerland. It is also the theme of two symphonies (Italy and USA) and had its text illustrated by the famous French artist Moebius (author of the sceneries for the Fifth Element and Alien). Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (born May 8, 1938) is a French comics artist. ...
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Personal life He and his wife Christina live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This article is about the Brazilian city. ...
His work has been translated to 66 languages and edited in more than 150 countries.[citation needed] Paulo Coelho is, amongst other condecorations:[citation needed]
- Member of the Board of the Shimon Peres Institute for Peace
- UNESCO special counsellor for “Intercultural Dialogues and Spiritual Convergences”
- Board Member of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
- Member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
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Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2007) | In 1982 Coelho published his first book, Hell Archives[2] , which failed to make any kind of impact. In 1985 he contributed to the Practical Manual of Vampirism, although he later tried to take it off the shelves since he considered it “of bad quality”. In 1986, Paulo Coelho made the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, an experience later to be documented in his book The Pilgrimage[3]. Location Location of Santiago de Compostela Coordinates : , , Time zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer : CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Santiago de Compostela (Galician) Spanish name Santiago de Compostela Postal code 15700 Website santiagodecompostela. ...
In the following year, Coelho published The Alchemist[4], which is based on Jorge Luis Borges' Tale of Two Dreamers, which in turn was based on a tale from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights. Slow initial sales convinced his first publisher to drop the novel, but it went on to become one of the best-selling Brazilian books of all time. It has sold more than 41 million copies worldwide and has been translated into some 66 languages. It is also a movie-in-progress produced by Laurence Fishburne[5], who is a fan of Coelho. For similarly-named works, see Alchemist. ...
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Queen Scheherazade tells her stories to King Shahryar. ...
Laurence John Fishburne III[1] (born July 30, 1961) is an American Academy Award-nominated, Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actor of screen and stage, as well as playwright, director, and producer. ...
Coelho has sold over 92 million books in over 150 countries worldwide and his works have been translated into 66 languages (Goodyear, Dana (2007-05-07), "The Magus", The New Yorker: 38-45, <http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/05/07/070507fa_fact_goodyear>). He has received numerous literary awards from a variety of countries, including La Legion d'Honneur (France), Grinzane Cavour (Italy). In addition, he has written Maktub[6], which is a collection of his best columns published in the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo, The Manual of a Warrior of Light, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept[7], The Fifth Mountain, Veronika Decides to Die, The Devil and Miss Prym, Eleven Minutes, Like The Flowing River and The Valkyries[8]. Despite the popularity of Coelho's works in Iran, his 2005 novel The Zahir[9] was banned there, with 1,000 copies being confiscated [1], but a week later it appeared again in bookstores, according to his publisher Caravan. His latest book, The Witch of Portobello was released in 2006 – 2007. Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
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By the River Piedra I sat Down and Wept was one of Paulo Coelhos most prominent titles. ...
The Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho was published in 1996 and was his fourth major publication. ...
Veronika Decides to Die (Portuguese Veronika decide morrer) is a novel by Paulo Coelho; it tells the story of 24 year old Veronika, who appears to have everything in life going for her, but who decides to kill herself. ...
The Devil and Miss Prym (O Demônio e a srta Prym) is a novel by Paulo Coelho. ...
The cover of the Finnish edition of the book. ...
The Valkyries is Coelhos third major publication, and his first in the 90s (1992). ...
The Zahir is a 2005 novel from the Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho. ...
Caravan Publishing House (Persian: انتشارات کاروان , established 1997) is an Iranian publishing house who is the sole publisher of all Paulo Coelhos book in Persian and in Iran. ...
The Witch of Portobello is the latest fictional work by Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho published in 2007, about a woman born in Transylvania to a Gypsy mother, who is orphaned and later adopted by a wealthy Lebanese couple. ...
He also adapted The Gift (Henry Drummond) and Love Letters of a Prophet (Khalil Gibran).
His books have appeared on bestseller lists in countries not only in Brazil but in the UK, the U.S., France, Germany, Iran, Canada, Italy, Israel, Finland, Serbia, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Russia,cuba,Poland and Lithuania. He is the all time best-selling Portuguese language author. For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American...
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Coelho writes a weekly column published in more than 45 countries [2], including O Globo in Brazil, Akşam, a Turkish newspaper, and Freizeit, a weekly supplement published by the Austrian Kurier. O Globo is a Brazilian newspaper based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ...
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Acclaim and criticism Although Coelho has achieved great international success, his work has not been unanimously appreciated at home; his election to the Brazilian Academy of Letters proved controversial. Seen by some Brazilian literary critics as a lesser author whose material is too simplistic and similar to that of self-help books, criticism of his work arises mostly from his plain, direct style and borrowing of ideas from other authors, to the extent of plagiarism. Additionally, his works in Portuguese contain grammatical errors and inaccuracies; some of these have been minimized in translation or altered in later editions. The Silogeu was a building in the center of Rio where ABL was located for some time in the beginning of the 20th century Academia Brasileira de Letras, or Brazilian Academy of Letters is a Brazilian literary non-profit society established at the end of the 19th century by a...
Though the term self-help can refer to any case whereby an individual or a group betters themselves economically, intellectually or emotionally, the connotations of the phrase have come to apply particularly to psychological or psychotherapeutic nostrums, often purveyed through the popular genre of the self-help book. ...
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Some consider his books incompatible with mainstream Catholicism, due to their mixture of mysticism, spiritual exercises, meditation and supernatural experiences. Coelho in his website states that Catholicism is his personal way of enlightenment and knowing God, but also claims that religion has nothing to do with his spirituality; he considers that all religions are "correct". Despite spiritual themes, his works do not espouse any specific religion, apart from Catholic elements which figure in some plots. As a Christian ecclesiastical term, Catholic - from the Greek adjective , meaning general or universal [1] - is described in the Oxford English Dictionary as follows: ~Church, (originally) whole body of Christians; ~, belonging to or in accord with (a) this, (b) the church before separation into Greek or Eastern and Latin or...
Bibliography Note: Although the biography section of Coelho's website states that his first book was published in 1982,[10][11] the Official Fan Club Paulo Coelho website lists two additional books published in 1974: The Manifest of Krig-há and Theater For Education.[12] Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...
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The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho kick started his career. ...
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The Gift is 2002 fantasy novel by Alison Croggon. ...
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The Valkyries is Coelhos third major publication, and his first in the 90s (1992). ...
Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ...
By the River Piedra I sat Down and Wept was one of Paulo Coelhos most prominent titles. ...
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The Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho was published in 1996 and was his fourth major publication. ...
For the band, see 1997 (band). ...
The Manual of the Warrior of Light is a collection of Paulo Coelhos teaching summed up into one volume. ...
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Veronika Decides to Die (Portuguese Veronika decide morrer) is a novel by Paulo Coelho; it tells the story of 24 year old Veronika, who appears to have everything in life going for her, but who decides to kill herself. ...
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The Devil and Miss Prym (O Demônio e a srta Prym) is a novel by Paulo Coelho. ...
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The cover of the Finnish edition of the book. ...
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The Zahir is a 2005 novel from the Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho. ...
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Like the Flowing River is a book from Paulo Coelho from 2006. ...
The Witch of Portobello is the latest fictional work by Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho published in 2007, about a woman born in Transylvania to a Gypsy mother, who is orphaned and later adopted by a wealthy Lebanese couple. ...
The Experimental Witch Project On June, 2007, Paulo Coelho announced on his internet blog The Experimental Witch Project. Impressed by the efforts of his fans to interpret his works, Paulo Coelho decided to harness their talents to make the collaborative film of The Witch of Portobello, his novel released in 2006-2007. For other uses, see June (disambiguation). ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
The Experimental Witch is a collaborative project announced by the brazilian author Paulo Coelho, on his internet blog [1], on June, 2007. ...
The Witch of Portobello is the latest fictional work by Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho published in 2007, about a woman born in Transylvania to a Gypsy mother, who is orphaned and later adopted by a wealthy Lebanese couple. ...
Messenger of Peace Marking the International Day of Peace, in September, 2007, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon designated Paulo Coelho as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace raising global awareness of the world body's work and ideals. Paulo Coelho seeks to promote intercultural dialogue in his position as Messenger. Through his Institute which he founded with his wife, Christina Oiticica, he helps underprivileged member of Brazil's society.
"I gladly accept this responsibility and am committed to do my best to work towards a better future for the current and next generations," said Mr. Coelho, who also serves as Special Counsellor for Intercultural Dialogues and Spiritual Convergences for the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
References Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Further reading - Goodyear, Dana. "The Magus". The New Yorker, 7 May 2007, pp. 38-45.
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