Abstract “His journey led him to hisdestiny” The Alchemist

Biography and summary

According to contents of the novel, Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian author. Paulo was born on August 24, 1947 in Rio-da Janeiro.Coelho attended Jesuit schools and was raised by devout Catholic parents. Coelho worked as a songwriter, composing lyrics for Elis Regina, Rita Lee, and Brazilian icon Raul Seixas. Coelho married artist Christina Oithicica in 1980.Together they had previously spent half the year in Rio-da Janeiro and the other half in a country house in the Pyraness Mountains of France, but now the pair reside permanently in Geneva, Switzerland.While trying to overcome his procrastination about launching his writing career, Coelho decided ”If I see a while feather today, that is a sign that God is giving me that I have to write a new book” Seeing one in the window of a shop, he began writing that day. The following year, Coelho wrote The Alchemist and published it through a small Brazilian publishing house that made an initial print run of 900 copies and decided not to reprint it.He subsequently found a bigger publishing house, and with the publication of his next book Brida, The Alchemist took off. Harper Collins decided to publish the book in 1994. Later it became an international bestseller.