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Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian novelist and songwriter. He was born in 1947 in Rio de Janeiro. In 1970, he quit law school to go travelling around South America, Africa, and Europe. He learnt much about the supernatural on his travels, which would become themes of his books. He returned to Brazil and wrote song lyrics for famous Brazilian singers.
保羅·科埃略是巴西小說家，歌曲作家。1947年，科埃略出生于里約熱內(nèi)盧。1970年，他放棄法律學(xué)業(yè)，前往南非、非洲以及歐洲一帶旅行。途中，他了解到了一些與超自然有關(guān)的事物，并成為了他的創(chuàng)作主題。之后，他回到巴西，為巴西流行歌手寫詞。
In 1986, Coelho went on a walk that would change his life. He walked the 800-kilometre Road of Santiago de Compostela in Spain, an ancient highway used for centuries by pilgrims. He said he experienced a self-awareness and spiritual awakening, which he wrote about in his novel ‘The Pilgrimage’. It opened up a new way of writing for him.
1986年，科埃略的一次行程改變了他的一生。他沿著古代朝圣之路來到西班牙圣地亞哥朝圣。他說此次經(jīng)歷讓他增加了對(duì)自己的了解，精神也得到了升華，而他也把這些記錄到了小說《朝圣卜書》中。這也讓他擁有了全新的寫作模式。
A year later, Coelho wrote his most famous book, ‘The Alchemist’. The book sold very slowly at first and his publisher dropped it. He found another publisher who had more faith in his writing and the book became one of the best-selling books of all time. It reached number one in 18 countries, and so far has sold 30 million copies.
一年后，科埃略出版了最知名小說《煉金術(shù)士》。起初，圖書銷量不好，出版社決定放棄。他隨即又找尋了一家出版社，他們對(duì)科埃略的著作充滿信心，此書隨即成為史上最暢銷著作之一。該書在18個(gè)國(guó)家暢銷，并穩(wěn)居第一寶座，到目前為止，《煉金術(shù)士》已賣出3000萬冊(cè)。
Coelho is the best-selling Portuguese language author in history. His books have been translated in 67 languages. To date, Coelho has sold over 100 million novels. He was the world’s best-selling author in 2003. He spends his time writing novels and a newspaper column. He is also a Messenger of Peace for the United Nations and raises awareness of the UN’s ideals.
科埃略是史上最暢銷的葡語作家。他的著作被翻譯成67種語言。到目前為止，科埃略的小說已賣出1億冊(cè)。2003年，他當(dāng)選史上銷量冠軍。他將時(shí)間用在了寫作和報(bào)刊專欄上。他曾擔(dān)任聯(lián)合國(guó)和平信使，并喚起了人們對(duì)聯(lián)合國(guó)理想的關(guān)注。
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