Friday, November 9, 2007

PAULO COELHO




The literature in Brazil and on the world also has marked a very important guideline for the cultural development. Between the great variety of authors that we can find nowadays as favorites, we find Paulo Coelho, who is not only one of the most well-read authors and also one of the authors with major influence and with very much value in the literature.

This Brazilian writer was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Up to devoting himself in sole right to the literature, he was employed at the theatre as the director and actor and was also musical composer and journalist. Paulo Coelho wrote letters of songs for some of the most important artists of the Brazilian music, and more than 60 compositions realized as a whole with the great myth of the Brazilian rock, Raúl Seixas. This author of the literature, always has been characterized by his curiosity and fascination for the world of the spiritual thing (that find its origin in the epoch of the style hippie), which has taken him to a series of experiences in secret societies, oriental religions, etc.

Nowadays, Paulo Coelho has been translated into 66 languages, published in more than 150 countries and has sold a whole of 100 million copies and, according to the North American magazine "Publishing Trends", he was the author most sold of the world in 2003 with the book Eleven minutes; in addition, in the same list of the books most sold of the world in 2003, The alchemist occupied the sixth place and The Zahir (2005) reached the third position of most sold.

Paulo Coelho has a very important value in the World; he has labors as messenger of the Peace of the ONU, special counselor of the UNESCO for " Intercultural Dialogs and spiritual convergences", member of directive of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters; in addition, Paulo Coelho has received many prizes and decorations, not only related to the literature, but also with the peace of the world, solidarity and cultural personality.

Finally, it is important to mention that we have a lot of prominent figures who not only have marked the world history, but they seek to help the people and to change day after day, the way of life of many people; we must be grateful for many prominent figures as Paulo Coelho, who teach us to love the others and offer them the best thing of us.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

The Warrior sometimes fights with those he loves.
(Manual of the Warrior of Light)

Anonymous said...

Dear Solángel,
Paulo Coelho got wind of your blog through aart hilal and wants to post this article on his blog.
Paulo Coelho's blog
In case you have any restrictions, do not hesitate to write me on my email : valentinawol@gmail.com
Have a wonderful day!

And here's a quote to ponder:
A Warrior also knows that certain moments repeat themselves.
(Manual of the Warrior of Light)

Valentina

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-Johnson