The Brazilian author PAULO COELHO was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist.
In 1986, PAULO COELHO did the...
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The Brazilian author PAULO COELHO was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist.
In 1986, PAULO COELHO did the pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostella, an experience later to be documented in his book The Pilgrimage.
In the following year, COELHO published The Alchemist. 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.
Other titles include Brida (1990), The Valkyries (1992), By the river Piedra I sat Down and Wept (1994), the collection of his best columns published in the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo entitle Maktub (1994), the compilation of texts Phrases (1995), The Fifth Mountain (1996), Manual of a Warrior of Light (1997), Veronika decides to die (1998), The Devil and Miss Prym (2000), the compilation of traditional tales in Stories for parents, children and grandchildren (2001), Eleven Minutes (2003), The Zahir (2005)
During the months of March, April, May and June 2006, Paulo Coelho traveled to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostella in 1986. He also held surprise book signings - announced one day in advance - in some cities along the way, to have a chance to meet his readers. In ninety days of pilgrimage the author traveled around the globe and took the famous Transiberrian train that took him to Vladivostok. During this experience Paulo Coelho launched his blog Walking the Path - The Pilgrimage in order to share with his readers his impressions.
Since this first blog Paulo Coelho has expanded his presence in the internet with his daily blogs in Wordpress ( http://paulocoelhoblog.com), Myspace ( http://www.myspace.com/paulocoelho) & Facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paulo-Coelho/11777366210). He is equally present in media sharing sites such as Youtube ( http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=paulabraconnot) and Flickr ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulo_coelho/sets) , offering on a regular basis not only texts but also videos and pictures to his readers.
From this intensive interest and use of the Internet sprang his bold new project: The Experimental Witch http://paulocoelhoblog.com/experimental-witch where he invites his readers to adapt to the screen his book The Witch of Portobello. You can still subscribe in this experiment!
Indeed Paulo Coelho is a firm believer of Internet as a new media and is the first Best-selling author to actively support online free distribution http://piratecoelho.wordpress.com of his work.
by Paulo Coelho
A very wealthy man asked a Zen master for a text which would always remind him how happy he was with his family.
The Zen master took some parchment and, in beautiful calligraphy, wrote:
– The father dies. The son dies. The grandson dies.
– What? – said the furious rich man. – I asked you for something to inspire me, some teaching which might be respectfully contemplated by future generations, and you give me something as depressing and gloomy as these words?
– You... Read Full Story
If it wasn't for a chance phone call from my homie Marq Spekt , I would've still tried to finish up George Orwell's 1984 and I'm glad that did NOT happen. I've been reading quite a few books about developing a stronger sense of independence whether it be through leadership or gaining a greater knowledge of self and all of the books that I've read thus far have pointed my search in the right direction. After reading RZA's The Tao of Wu and Nelson George's City Kid , I decided that the time... Read Full Story
If it wasn't for a chance phone call from my homie Marq Spekt , I would've still tried to finish up George Orwell's 1984 and I'm glad that did NOT happen. I've been reading quite a few books about developing a stronger sense of independence whether it be through leadership or gaining a greater knowledge of self and all of the books that I've read thus far have pointed my search in the right direction. After reading RZA's The Tao of Wu and Nelson George's City Kid , I decided that the time... Read Full Story
Author Paulo Coelho wrote a wonderful masterpiece when he created The Alchemist, this audio book comprises of various visions for thought and opens up doors to the spirit when contemplating on the materialistic values of life. The young boy, Santiago, in this story can be defined as many of us as we walk and live on this earth to endulge in the finer things in life.
We all have a certain treasure we are seeking to find, whether it’s making more money, buying a big house... Read Full Story
PAULO COELHO: A WARRIOR'S LIFE The Authorized Biography By Fernando Morais
The Only Authorized Biography of Internationally Bestselling Author, Paulo Coelho - And the True Story of How THE ALCHEMIST Came to Be
(PRWEB) November 12, 2009 -- For three years, groundbreaking journalist Fernando Morais researched every aspect of bestselling author Paulo Coelho's life, living in his community and interviewing family, friends, and foes. But it was ultimately a bet with Coelho himself that... Read Full Story
Photo Courtesy of Janet Trickett Merryman see her website at: http://www.zazzle.com/oceana*
We are all different, and should do what we can do to remain so.
Source: Paulo Coelho
Keep Your Difference
Some time in youth we get this idea that we need to fit in with the crowd. Thus begins the gymnastics of contorting both body and soul into forms that, no matter how cunningly created, simply do not fit.
As we enter into young adulthood, some manage to shake off these mangled forms... Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY , OCTOBER 21th, 2009
“The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.”
- Paulo Coelho -
ADDITIONAL INFO…
Biography…
Paulo Coelho (born August 24, 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.He attended a Jesuit school. As a teenager, Coelho wanted to become a writer. Upon telling his mother this, she... Read Full Story
So this week was in the the newspapers the story the girl who committed suicide because she was pushed to do this by a grown up woman who asked her to do this via Myspace. The girl committed suicide and this story make us think twice about the social communities : how far can we go? What shall we do in order to allow these social communities to connect people instead of separating them? Please give me your opinion on this issue. Here’s a fragment of this story (Reuteurs) Woman cleared of... Read Full Story
The Brazilian author behind books such as The Alchemist and Eleven Minutes is helping to continue new literary paradigms through digital platforms. Coelho's efforts in the digital realm inspired renowned blogger Jeff Jarvis to label him "the Googliest author I know" - high praise from a journalism professor who is writing a book about Google. Reuters Technology Correspondent Matt Cowan travelled to Coelho's home in Paris to find out why the author is so enthusiastic about engaging with... Read Full Story
Sometimes we are afraid to say that we like some art… In my case, earlier on in my life, I loved ABBA - but it was politically incorrect to say that in public since it was considered a too sweet and low… I also love writers such as Henry Miller and bestsellers such as Stephen King. It would probably be more politically correct to say that I love Baudelaire – which is not the case. So, what are your secret, hidden artists that you like but believe others don’t? Paulo Coelho www... Read Full Story
