Paulo Coelho is the author of some of the most-read titles of our time, including The Alchemist—considered the best-selling Brazilian book of all time, and has spent more than 310 consecutive weeks on The New York Times’ bestseller list. Coelho has also written many other novels that have touched the hearts of people around the world, among them Eleven Minutes, Veronika Decides to Die, The Zahir, Aleph, and Adultery.
Translated into 80 languages, his books have sold more than 165 million copies in over 170 countries. He has been a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002 and has been awarded numerous international awards, among them the Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion dHonneur. Coelho holds the Guinness World Record for the most translated book by a living author (The Alchemist). In 2007, he was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace.

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