![]() ![]() They did not do that to destroy me, they did that to save me." Īt his parents' wishes, Coelho enrolled in law school and abandoned his dream of becoming a writer. Coelho later remarked that "It wasn't that they wanted to hurt me, but they didn't know what to do. At 17, Coelho's parents committed him to a mental institution from which he escaped three times before being released at the age of 20. Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and attended a Jesuit school. His novel The Alchemist became an international best-seller and he has published 30 more books since then. j uː, - j oʊ/ KWEL-yoo, koo- EL-yoo, -yoh, Portuguese: born 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |