Paulo Coelho; A Journey From Drug Addiction TO Authorship

Paulo Coelho, a 69 years old Brazilian, is a novelist and lyricist.

Paulo Coelho is a best-selling author especially known for his master work The Alchemist which is translated into 100 plus languages.

Paulo Coelho‘s life story is so touchy and common like most of the person’s aiming to pursue passion and success in life.

His life story is about: How can one go from law school to mental institution? How can one stand bravely against illogical traditions? How he came back to life for pursuing his writing career from drug addiction?

Paulo Coelho was born into a catholic family who were very strict in terms of religion and faith. His father was an engineer and wanted his son follow his path or become a lawyer. At age 17, he told his parents about his passion for writing and his introversion in following tradition; as a result, he was admitted in a mental institution from where he escaped 3 times. He was enrolled in a law school but he left and started drugs and travelling; while travelling he got inspiration to write lyrics and scripts.
Later on, he wrote some novels and published them. His first novels failed miserably but he did not gave up on writing upto the time he gave a best-selling novel The Alchemist that sold millions of copies and was translated into 100 plus languages.

Paulo Coelho is married to an artist and he runs Paulo Coelho Organization with a purpose to educate children.

Sometimes you are facing difficulties not because you are doing something wrong, but because you are doing something right. “Paulo Coelho”


















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