- Born
- Nicknames
- Paulinho
- Paulete
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Paulo Coelho was born on August 24, 1947 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro [ex-Federal District], Brazil. He is a writer and actor, known for The Experimental Witch (2009), Amante Latino (1979) and Veronika Decides to Die (2009). He has been married to Christina Oiticica since 1980.
- SpouseChristina Oiticica(1980 - present)
- ParentsPedro Queima Coelho de SouzaLygia Coelho
- RelativesSonia Coelho(Sibling)
- Although being the first non-Moslem occidental writer who has traveled to Iran since the Islamic revolution in 1979, his novel "The Zahir" was banned there (2005).
- Lives in Rio de Janerio and Tarbes, France.
- Has sold over 86 million books in over 150 countries and his works, which include "The Alchemist", "The Pilgrimage", "Eleven Minutes" and "Veronica Decides to Die", have been translated into 56 languages.
- After abandoning his studies at a law school in 1970, he traveled throughout Americas and Europe.
- Considered one of the greatest writers in Brazil.
- Don't waste your time with explanations; people only hear what they want to hear.
- Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free.
- [observation about "hippie" culture in the 1970s] We have lost the ability to hear what our neighbors have to say. We have polite conversations, but at the end of the day we don't hear them. There was a moment in time when we were full of hope and we thought that w e were going to change the world.
- My generation understood that once a hippie always a hippie. Of course I could not be a hippie today, sitting comfortably here in Geneva. But my values are the same: simplify your life, eat healthy, respect women. My generation understood the mind and our desire to journey - but then it came time to support ourselves.
- If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule-Never lie to yourself.
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