Paulo Coelho is a novelist and Brazilian lyric expert, who is famous for its novel which is widely translated, alchemist. Let’s learn more about life, career, and income.
Biography
On August 24, 1947, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Paulo Coelho de Souza was brought to this world. He attended the Jesuit school, and when he was a teenager, he knew that he wanted to be a writer. His parents were not happy with his wishes, and they thought that he opposed to take a traditional path means that he must be included in the mental institution.
Coelho was there since he was 17 years old, and before they released it at the age of 20, he managed to escape three times. Coelho’s parents are strict about religion and faith, and they raise him to become a good Catholic. Coelho said: “Not because they want to hurt me, but they don’t know what to do … they didn’t do it to destroy me, they did it to save me.”
To please his parents, he enrolled in a law school, but after only one year of study, he came out. After that, he spent his days traveling through South America, Mexico, North Africa and Europe. In the 1960s he began to abuse drugs. When his trip around the world ended, Coelho began compiling lyrics for artists such as Elis Regina, Raul Seixas, and Rita Lee. Some of the lyrics are considered dangerous, and associated with occult, which caused the arrest and torture by the powerful military government. Before he began to follow his teenage dreams, Coelho worked as an actor, a theater director and journalist.
In one interview, he talked about fulfilling his dreams to become a writer, say: “I am very happy with the things I do. I do something that gives me food and water – to use the metaphor in Alchemists, I work, I have people What I love, I have money, but I don’t fulfill my dreams. My dream is, and still, to become a writer. “
Career
Paulo Coelho’s first book, under the title of hell title, was published in 1982. Four years later, he contributed to a book, a practical manual of the vampire, but after a while he thought of it as a poor quality book. In 1987, Coelho was a pilgrimage published, and in 1988, the book was selling, alchemist. Since then, he wrote many novels, including a love letter from a Prophet (1997), Veronika decided to die (1998), Devil and Miss Prym (2000), eleven minutes (2003), The Witch of the Witch of Portobello (2006) , and others. The four novels are autobiographical, and it is a pilgrimage (1987), Valkyries (1992), ALEPH (2010), and Hippie (2018).
Private Life
In 1980, Coelho married Christina Oiticica. The couple lives in Geneva, Switzerland. He has created a virtual Foundation Paulo Coelho, which provides an opportunity for members of the Brazilian community who are seeded and excluded. Coelho holds Guinness World Record because it has the most translated books by a live writer.
Paulo Coelho Net Worth 2019
Paulo Coelho’s net wealth is estimated at $ 500 million. Most of his income comes from his books, and also from them adapted into series and films.