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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, The Valkyries, By the river Piedra I sat Down and Wept, Maktub, The Fifth Mountain, Manual of a Warrior of Light, Veronika decides to die, The Devil and Miss Prym, Eleven Minutes, Zahir, Like the Flowing River and The Witch of Portobello.
