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Yann Martel

Yann Martel was born in Spain in 1963.
* His parents were Canadian diplomats, so he grew up in many different countries.
* He studied philosophy at Trent University in Ontario.
* After graduation, he worked as a tree planter, dishwasher, and security guard.
* He began writing at the age of 27.
* His first novel, Life of Pi, was published in 2001.
* The novel won the Man Booker Prize and was a bestseller worldwide.
* Martel has since published two more novels, The Facts of Life and Beatrice and Virgil.
* He lives in Montreal, Quebec.

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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud...

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