Happy Birthday Paulo!
Monday August 24, 2009
Today Paulo Coelho, the inspirational Brazilian author of The Alchemist, Veronika Decides to Die, Brida, By the River Piedra I Lay Down and Wept and many more, turns 62. And as the readers who have been touched by his words swamped him with birthday messages, he gave us a gift, offering free ebooks/pdfs of some of his writings, in book form, to his fans. You can check them out here. They are stories he won't be publishing in book form, but being as prolific as he is, they are worthwhile stories none the less. And, having sold 40 million copies of the Alchemist alone, he is happy to be generous in the sharing of his muse, and the lessons he has learned through his remarkable life.
When I interviewed him a few years ago, he mentioned his frustration at the limitations imposed by his publisher, who only allow him to release a book every two years or so. And so he channels his inspiration and wisdom into his online blogs, stories for magazines, and these books he is giving to his readers... His blog, which is thought provoking, sometimes funny, sometimes sad, always inspiring and constantly updated, is here, and his website is here.
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