the alchemist
International Islamic University
Islamabad
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
Group Members:
Areej Ameen
Samreen Qayyum
Madiha Siddique
About the Writer
The writer was born on August 20, 1946, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Coelho attended Jesuit schools and was raised by religious Catholic parents. From early age he wanted to be a writer but he was discouraged by his parents, they saw no future in that profession in Brazil. Coelho's was sent to mental asylum three times by his parents, starting when he was 17.
When Coelho got out of institutional care, he joined law school, but he dropped out to spoiled in the "drugs and rock 'n' roll" of hippie life in the 1970s. He used to write song lyrics for Brazilian singer protesting the country's military. He was jailed three times for political activism.
In 1987, Coelho wrote a book, The Alchemist, full of creativity. The book attracted little attention at first until the book was translated into French language and suddenly it leapt onto bestseller lists in France in the early 1990s.Then the book was translated into many different languages, and soon The Alchemist became a worldwide bestseller book. The book has been sold, roughly 35 million copies, and now the most translated book by any living author
After the publication of The Alchemist, Coelho has written many other books. His 26 books have sold more than 65 million copies in at least 59 languages.
List of books he wrote:
Hell Archives
Practical Manual of Vampirism
The Pilgrimage
The Alchemist
Brida
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
The Fifth Mountain
Veronika Decides to Die
The Devil and Miss Prym
Eleven Minutes
Like the Flowing River
The Valkyries and The Witch of Portobello
About the Book
The Alchemist was first published in 1988 by Paulo Coelho. It is a symbolic novel and was originally written in Portuguese. The book has given the title of bestseller because it has sold more
Islamabad
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
Group Members:
Areej Ameen
Samreen Qayyum
Madiha Siddique
About the Writer
The writer was born on August 20, 1946, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Coelho attended Jesuit schools and was raised by religious Catholic parents. From early age he wanted to be a writer but he was discouraged by his parents, they saw no future in that profession in Brazil. Coelho's was sent to mental asylum three times by his parents, starting when he was 17.
When Coelho got out of institutional care, he joined law school, but he dropped out to spoiled in the "drugs and rock 'n' roll" of hippie life in the 1970s. He used to write song lyrics for Brazilian singer protesting the country's military. He was jailed three times for political activism.
In 1987, Coelho wrote a book, The Alchemist, full of creativity. The book attracted little attention at first until the book was translated into French language and suddenly it leapt onto bestseller lists in France in the early 1990s.Then the book was translated into many different languages, and soon The Alchemist became a worldwide bestseller book. The book has been sold, roughly 35 million copies, and now the most translated book by any living author
After the publication of The Alchemist, Coelho has written many other books. His 26 books have sold more than 65 million copies in at least 59 languages.
List of books he wrote:
Hell Archives
Practical Manual of Vampirism
The Pilgrimage
The Alchemist
Brida
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
The Fifth Mountain
Veronika Decides to Die
The Devil and Miss Prym
Eleven Minutes
Like the Flowing River
The Valkyries and The Witch of Portobello
About the Book
The Alchemist was first published in 1988 by Paulo Coelho. It is a symbolic novel and was originally written in Portuguese. The book has given the title of bestseller because it has sold more