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    Paulo Coelho de Souza (/ ˈ k w ɛ l. j uː, k u ˈ ɛ l. j uː,-j oʊ / KWEL-yoo, koo-EL-yoo, -⁠yoh, [1] Portuguese: [ˈpawlu koˈeʎu]; born 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. [2] His 1988 novel The Alchemist was an international best-seller.

  3. 5 days ago · Paulo Coelho (born August 24, 1947, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian novelist known for employing rich symbolism in his depictions of the often spiritually motivated journeys taken by his characters. Coelho was raised in Rio de Janeiro.

  4. Paulo Coelho de Souza is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He is best known for his novel The Alchemist. In 2014, he uploaded his personal papers online to create a virtual Paulo Coelho Foundation.

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    Paulo Coelho de Souza is a well-known, immensely quotable, Brazilian lyricist and novelist. Born on Sunday, 24 August 1947 (age 74 years; as of 2021) in Rio de Janeiro. He grew up in Rio de Janeiro, where he attended a Jesuit school. Paulo Coelho and Christina Oiticica Foundation Before being the international bestseller he worked as an actor, dire...

    Though he was opposed to Catholicism in the initial years of his life later he returned to the same after being an atheist. hollowverse

    Paulo Coelho is rather superstitious, it is believed that he doesn’t start a book until he finds a white plume feather. After he prints out the very first draft, he touches the plume to every page. He believes in omens and also has a strong belief in the power of the universe and destiny. The Guardian

    The author had a rather eventful, early life. He had his parents concerned when he expressed his wish to be a writer. His father couldn’t understand his willingness to be a writer. He was born to devout Catholic parents, and his constant opposition to the religious path also made his parents worry, hence his father had admitted him to a mental asyl...

    The author has written about a minimum of 19 books so far. He writes a book almost every two years. He considers his work a hybrid of Carlos Castaneda and Khalil Gibran. Maestri, a history professor, at the University of Passo Fundo calls Paulo’s work Yuppie esoteric Narrative. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Mostly his books ev...

    Paulo Coelho’s books reaffirm faith in the presence of one supreme power above all. Another feature of Coelho’s writing is magic realism: A genre, in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy. His writings mostly have one common theme of Love, the essential victory of good over bad, ...

    The Alchemist happens to be a life-changing narrative as people famously call it. People from pop stars; Madonna to actors like Will Smith to the famous talk show host Oprah Winfrey, claim The Alchemist has changed their lives. In an interview with Oprah, Paulo talked about his writing philosophies and said that one can learn things only after comm...

    Promoting cultism

    He was accused of cultism due to the lyrics of certain songs he wrote for Raul Seixas. It’s believed that songs composed by Paulo Coelho along with Raul had lyrics that were suggestive of cultism. The Washington Post

    Ripping lyrics

    Paulo Coelho was also accused of ripping lyrics of songs that weren’t popular in Brazil.

    Imprisoned and Tortured.

    He was also imprisoned for some alleged subversive activity against the Brazilian government in 1974 The Paulo Coelho and Christina Oiticica The military government viewed his songs as left-wing. He was released and immediately kidnapped by paramilitaries, who accused him of being a guerrilla fighter. They held him for a week, according to Coelho, they tortured him by applying shocks to his genitals. The Washington Post

    Paulo Coelho happens to be the first-ever recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award  2010.
    He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
    He won the Kiklop Literary Award Hit of the Year, Croatia, 2006 for his book The ZAHIR.
    The Ex Libris Award, Serbia, 2004 was given to him for his book The Eleven minutes.
    Corine International Award for Best Fiction, Germany, 2002, was awarded for the book The Alchemist.
    He was awarded the World Economic Forum Crystal Award, in 1999.
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    Ideology:Marxism
    Philosopher:Friedrich Engels
  5. Aug 11, 2019 · Known For: Brazilian writer/novelist. Born: August 24, 1947 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Parents: Lygia Araripe Coelho de Souza, Pedro Queima Coelho de Souza. Spouse: Christina Oiticica.

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  6. Paulo Coelho de Souza (/ ˈkwɛl.juː, kuˈɛl.juː, - joʊ / KWEL-yoo, koo-EL-yoo, - ⁠ yoh, Portuguese: [ˈpawlu koˈeʎu]; born 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. His 1988 novel The Alchemist was an international best-seller.

  7. Paulo Coelho de Souza was born on August 24, 1947, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His parents, Pedro and Lygia Coelho, were well-off, with his father working as an engineer and his mother as a museum curator. They had hoped their son would follow a respectable profession, but Paulo displayed a strong inclination towards the arts from an early age.