PAULO COELHO is the author of many international best sellers,
including The Alchemist, Eleven Minutes, The Pilgrimage, The Fifth
Mountain, and Adultery, among others. He has been a member of the
Academy of Letters of Brazil since 2002 and in 2007 was named a
Messenger of Peace by the United Nations. In 2003, he received the
Guinness World Record for most translations of a single title (The
Alchemist) signed by the author in one sitting and several years
later, in 2009, he received a new Guinness World Record for most
translated author for the same book (also for The Alchemist).
Paulo Coelho’s books have been translated into 88 languages and
have sold more than 320 million copies in more than 170 countries.
His novel, The Alchemist, one of the most influential books of all
time, has sold more than 85 million copies and has been cited as an
inspiration by people as diverse as Malala Yousafzai and Pharrell
Williams. He has received numerous prestigious international
awards, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award and the
Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur, to name a
few.
“A novelist who writes in a universal language.” —The New York
Times
“Beautifully written. . . . An inspiring read.” —People
“The journey of a lifetime. . . . Coelho helps us understand a
generation.” —Free Press Journal
“Coelho’s true love is spirituality.” —The Financial Express
“A celebration of the spiritual longing that inspired a generation
to abandon norms and pursue an unconventional path to the truth,
this metafiction by the revered Coelho lyrically fuses the lines
between authenticity and illusion, art and fact.” —Booklist
“Woven with self-discovery and punctuated by. . . unique wisdom. .
. The focal point of Hippie is human connection – what happens when
we ‘allow two souls the time to get to know each other.’”
—Bookreporter
“Divine surprise. . . Paulo Coelho's most autobiographical story,
is an interesting documentary about the hippie generation of the
70's.” —L’Express
“Paulo Coelho is undoubtedly an alchemist. He turns everything into
gold." —La Vanguardia
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