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{{Infobox writer &amp;lt;!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| name         = Paulo Coelho&lt;br /&gt;
| image        = Coelhopaulo26012007-1.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
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| caption      = Coelho during the [[World Economic Forum]] (2007)&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_name   = Paulo Coelho de Souza&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1947|8|24|df=y}}&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place  = [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[ Brazil]]&lt;br /&gt;
| occupation   = {{hlist|Lyricist|writer}}&lt;br /&gt;
| genre        = [[Drama]], [[Romance novel|romance]]&lt;br /&gt;
| notableworks = &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Alchemist (novel)|The Alchemist]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| spouse       = [[Christina Oiticica]]&lt;br /&gt;
| language     = [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality  = [[Brazilians|Brazilian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| years_active = 1974–present&lt;br /&gt;
| website      = {{URL|paulocoelhoblog.com}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Paulo Coelho de Souza&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|w|ɛ|l|.|j|uː|,_|k|u|ˈ|ɛ|l|-|,_|-|j|oʊ}},&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;J C Wells (2008) Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. Pearson Education Limited.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; {{IPA-pt|ˈpawlu kuˈeʎu|lang}}; born 24 August 1947) is a [[Brazil]]ian lyricist and novelist, best known for his novel &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Alchemist (novel)|The Alchemist]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. In 2014, he uploaded his personal papers online to create a virtual Paulo Coelho Foundation.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Biography==&lt;br /&gt;
Paulo Coelho was born in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]], and attended a Jesuit school. At 17, Coelho&amp;#039;s parents committed him to a [[psychiatric hospital|mental institution]] from which he escaped three times before being released at the age of 20.&amp;lt;ref name=marika&amp;gt;Schaertl, Markia [http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2007/12/19/paulo-coelho-interview-by-marika-schaertl-focus-munich/ The Boy from Ipanema: Interview with Paulo Coelho] reposted on &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Paulo Coelho&amp;#039;s Blog&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. 20 December 2007.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=bnet&amp;gt;Doland, Angela [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/12/AR2007051200684.html Brazilian author Coelho thrives on contradictions and extremes] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Oakland Tribune]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; published on &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Washington Post&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. 12 May 2007.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Coelho later remarked that &amp;quot;It wasn&amp;#039;t that they wanted to hurt me, but they didn&amp;#039;t know what to do... They did not do that to destroy me, they did that to save me.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=telegraph&amp;gt;Day, Elizabeth [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/donotmigrate/3643720/A-mystery-even-to-himself.html A mystery even to himself] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Daily Telegraph]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. 14 June 2005.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
At his parents&amp;#039; wishes, Coelho enrolled in law school and abandoned his dream of becoming a writer. One year later, he dropped out and lived life as a [[hippie]], traveling through South America, North Africa, Mexico, and Europe and started using [[drug culture|drugs]] in the 1960s.&amp;lt;ref name=lifepositive&amp;gt;[http://www.lifepositive.com/spirit/traditional-paths/sorcery/coelho.asp An interview with Brazilian writer, Paulo Coelho: Everybody is a Magus] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209124452/http://www.lifepositive.com/spirit/traditional-paths/sorcery/coelho.asp |date=9 February 2014 }} &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Life Positive&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. July 2000.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=newyorker&amp;gt;[https://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/05/07/070507fa_fact_goodyear Life and Letters: The Magus] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The New Yorker]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. 7 May 2007.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Upon his return to Brazil, Coelho worked as a songwriter, composing lyrics for [[Elis Regina]], [[Rita Lee]], and Brazilian [[pop icon|icon]] [[Raul Seixas]]. Composing with Raul led to Coelho being associated with magic and occultism, due to the content of some songs.&amp;lt;ref name=officialbio&amp;gt;[http://www.paulocoelho.com.br/engl/bio.shtml Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015232052/http://www.paulocoelho.com.br/engl/bio.shtml |date=15 October 2009 }} &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Official Site of Paulo Coelho&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is often accused that these songs were rip-offs of foreign songs not well known in Brazil at the time.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title=Cópia Infiel: Ato 1, Raul Seixas e o Dolo de Ouro|url=https://whiplash.net/materias/biografias/163133-raulseixas.html|access-date=2020-10-09|website=whiplash.net|language=pt-br}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  In 1974, by his account, he was arrested for &amp;quot;subversive&amp;quot; activities and tortured&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=I was tortured by Brazil&amp;#039;s dictatorship. Is that what Bolsonaro wants to celebrate?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/03/29/paulo-coelho-i-was-tortured-by-brazils-dictatorship-is-that-what-bolsonaro-wants-celebrate/  |last =The Washington Post  |author-link =The Washington Post  |date=March 29, 2019 |access-date=March 30, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=28/5/1974 |url=http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2019/03/30/28-5-1974/ |first =Paulo |last =Coelho |date=March 30, 2019 |access-date=March 30, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; by the [[Brazilian military government|ruling military government]], who had taken power ten years earlier and viewed his lyrics as left-wing and dangerous.&amp;lt;ref name=telegraph/&amp;gt; Coelho also worked as an actor, journalist and theatre director before pursuing his writing career.&amp;lt;ref name=officialbio/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Coelho married artist [[Christina Oiticica]] in 1980. Together they had previously spent half the year in Rio de Janeiro and the other half in a country house in the Pyrenees Mountains of France, but now the couple reside permanently in [[Geneva]], Switzerland.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.agogo.nl/homenews/articles/item/paulo-coelho-i-m-not-going-to-the-world-cup|title=Interview with Paulo Coelho|first=Cultura|last=Brasileira|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612083758/http://agogo.nl/homenews/articles/item/paulo-coelho-i-m-not-going-to-the-world-cup|archive-date=12 June 2016|df=mdy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1986 Coelho walked the 500-plus mile [[Way of St. James|Road of Santiago de Compostela]] in northwestern Spain.&amp;lt;ref name=lifepositive/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=harpercollins&amp;gt;[http://www.harpercollins.com/harperimages/ommoverride/teacher_guide_alchemist.pdf Teacher&amp;#039;s Guide to The Alchemist] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327004639/http://www.harpercollins.com/harperimages/ommoverride/teacher_guide_alchemist.pdf |date=27 March 2009 }} &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Harper Collins Publisher&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On the path, he had a spiritual awakening, which he described autobiographically in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Pilgrimage]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=beliefnet&amp;gt;Reiss, Valerie [http://www.beliefnet.com/Holistic-Living/2007/08/Paulo-Coelho-Dances-With-Angels.aspx?p=2 Paulo Coelho Dances with Angels] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Beliefnet&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In an interview, Coelho stated &amp;quot;[In 1986], I was very happy in the things I was doing. I was doing something that gave me food and water – to use the metaphor in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Alchemist (novel)|The Alchemist]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, I was working, I had a person whom I loved, I had money, but I was not fulfilling my dream. My dream was, and still is, to be a writer.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/133_wbc_archive_new/page2.shtml Interview with Paulo Coelho] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;BBC World Service Book Club.&amp;#039;&amp;#039; December 2004.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Coelho would leave his lucrative career as a songwriter and pursue writing full-time.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Pilgrim – Story of Paulo Coelho&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is the international title for the biographical film &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Não Pare na Pista]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, a  co-production between Brazil’s Drama Films and the Spanish Babel Films, in which the younger and older Coelho are played by two different actors. One of the producers, Iôna de Macêdo, told &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Screen International]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;: &amp;quot;The film tells the story of a man who has a dream. It&amp;#039;s a little like &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Alice in Wonderland]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; – he&amp;#039;s someone who is too big for his house.&amp;quot; The film, shot in Portuguese, had its premiere in Brazilian Theaters in 2014 and was internationally distributed in 2015.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Paulo CoelhoBiopic ‘The Pilgrim’&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=Picture Tree Acquires Paulo Coelho Biopic &amp;#039;The Pilgrim&amp;#039;|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/picture-tree-acquires-paulo-coelho-biopic-the-pilgrim-exclusive-1201273511/|access-date=5 August 2014|agency=PMC|ref=15}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Career==&lt;br /&gt;
===Writing===&lt;br /&gt;
In 1982, Coelho published his first book, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Hell Archives&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, which failed to make a substantial impact.&amp;lt;ref name=officialbio/&amp;gt; In 1986 he contributed to the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Practical Manual of Vampirism&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, although he later tried to take it off the shelves since he considered it &amp;quot;of bad quality.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=officialbio/&amp;gt; After making the pilgrimage to [[Way of St. James|Santiago de Compostela]] in 1986, Coelho wrote &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Pilgrimage]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, published in 1987.&lt;br /&gt;
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While trying to overcome his procrastination about launching his writing career, Coelho decided, &amp;quot;If I see a white feather today, that is a sign that God is giving me that I have to write a new book.&amp;quot; Seeing one in the window of a shop, he began writing that day.&amp;lt;ref name=beliefnet/&amp;gt; The following year, Coelho wrote &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Alchemist (novel)|The Alchemist]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and published it through a small Brazilian publishing house that made an initial print run of 900 copies and decided not to reprint it.&amp;lt;ref name=saintjordi&amp;gt;[http://www.santjordi-asociados.com/titles/brief.htm?6#alchemist A Brief History of the Book] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802224539/http://www.santjordi-asociados.com/titles/brief.htm?6 |date=2 August 2008 }} &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Saint Jordi Asociados&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He subsequently found a bigger publishing house, and with the publication of his next book &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Brida (novel)|Brida]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Alchemist&amp;#039;&amp;#039; took off. [[HarperCollins]]  decided to publish the book in 1994. Later it became an international bestseller.&amp;lt;ref name=saintjordi/&amp;gt; In a 2009 interview with the Syrian &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Forward Magazine&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Coelho stated that the [[Sufism|Sufi]] tradition had been an influence on him, particularly when writing &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Alchemist&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and later &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Zahir&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title=Forward Magazine|url=https://fwmagazine.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/paolo-coelho-tells-syrians-my-writings-are-influenced-by-your-sufi-tradition/|access-date=23 August 2020|website=Fwmagazine}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Since the publication of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Alchemist&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Coelho has generally written at least one novel every two years. Four of them – &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Pilgrimage&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Hippie&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Valkyries (novel)|The Valkyries]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and&amp;#039;&amp;#039; [[Aleph (novel)|Aleph]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; – are autobiographical, while the majority of the rest are broadly fictional.&amp;lt;ref name=lifepositive/&amp;gt; Other books, like &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Maktub&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Manual of the Warrior of Light&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Like the Flowing River]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, are collections of essays, newspaper columns, or selected teachings. His work has been published in more than 170 countries and translated into eighty-three languages. Together, his books have sold three-hundred and twenty millions.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Karen Heller, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Meet the writers who still sell millions of books. Actually, hundreds of millions&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/meet-the-elite-group-of-authors-who-sell-100-million-books-or-350-million/2016/12/20/db3c6a66-bb0f-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html?noredirect=on The Washington Post]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
On 22 December 2016, Coelho was listed by UK-based company Richtopia at number 2 in the list of 200 most influential contemporary authors.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://richtopia.com/inspirational-people/top-200-authors|title=Authors Top 200: From J.K. Rowling to T. Harv Eker, These Are the Most Influential Authors in the World|work=Richtopia|access-date=21 January 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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However, reactions to his writing have not been without controversy. Though he was raised in a [[Catholicism|Catholic]] family, and describes himself as of that faith even now, his stance has been described as incompatible with the Catholic faith, because of its [[New Age]], [[Pantheism|pantheist]] and [[Relativism#Catholic Church and relativism|relativist]] contents.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://es.aleteia.org/2014/07/23/paulo-coelho-alguna-objecion-desde-la-fe-cristiana/ |title=Paulo Coelho: ¿alguna objeción desde la fe cristiana? |last=Santamaría |first=Luis |website=[[Aleteia]] |date=23 July 2014 |access-date=22 May 2017 |language=es |trans-title=Paulo Coelho: any objection from the Christian faith?}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; And whatever his sales, reviews of Coelho&amp;#039;s later work consistently note its superficiality.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/jun/19/fiction.paulocoelho &amp;quot;Adam Mars-Jones finds Paulo Coelho hurtling towards stupidity as he reaches for wisdom in The Zahir&amp;quot;], &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Observer&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 19 June 2005&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Rebecca K. Morrison, [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/monday-book-adultery-by-paulo-coelho-hutchinson-1499-9731964.html &amp;quot;New novels fails to stimulate&amp;quot;], &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Independent&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 14 September 2014&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Cameron Woodhead, [https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/the-spy-review-paulo-coelhos-fictional-take-on-mata-hari-misses-the-mark-20170116-gts2tp.html &amp;quot;Paulo Coelho&amp;#039;s fictional take on Mata Hari misses the mark&amp;quot;], &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Sydney Morning Herald&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 19 January 2017&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2016, he was contacted by basketball player [[Kobe Bryant]], who wanted to discuss a children&amp;#039;s book project with him. Some months before [[Death of Kobe Bryant|Bryant&amp;#039;s death in a helicopter crash]] in January 2020, they started to write the book together, but upon hearing about his passing, Coelho decided to delete the whole draft, saying in an interview that &amp;quot;it didn&amp;#039;t make any sense to publish without him.&amp;quot; He did not say how many pages had been written or whether the book had a title.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/author-kobe-bryant-childrens-book-deletes-unfinished-draft-1273943 Co-Author of Kobe Bryant Children&amp;#039;s Book Deletes Unfinished Draft]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Author deletes children&amp;#039;s book co-written with Kobe Bryant |url=https://apnews.com/a8142da782f41686f7b93984c8700ed1 |access-date=January 28, 2020 |work=Associated Press |date=January 27, 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2018, it was announced that Coelho had signed for a TV series based on the characters of his novels &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Devil and Miss Prym]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Brida&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Witch of Portobello]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/drama-series-the-alchemist-author-paulo-coelho-fremantlemedia-north-america-1202378597/|title=Drama Series Based On Books By &amp;#039;The Alchemist&amp;#039; Author Paulo Coelho In Works At FremantleMedia North America|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=1 May 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/paulo-coelho-signs-with-fremantlemedia-for-first-tv-series/5128755.article|title=Paulo Coelho signs with FremantleMedia for first TV series}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Bibliography==&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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! Year&lt;br /&gt;
! Portuguese title&lt;br /&gt;
! English title&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 1974&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Teatro da Educação&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Theater For Education]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 1982&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Arquivos do Inferno&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Hell Archives]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 1987&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;O Diário de um Mago&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Pilgrimage]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 1988&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;O Alquimista&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Alchemist (novel)|The Alchemist]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 1990&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Brida&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Brida&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 1991&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;O Dom Supremo&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Greatest Gift or the Gift (Paulo Coelho novel)|The Supreme Gift]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 1992&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;As Valkírias&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Valkyries (novel)|The Valkyries]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; | 1994&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Maktub&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Maktub (book)|Maktub]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Na margem do rio Piedra eu sentei e chorei&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 1996&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;O Monte Cinco&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Fifth Mountain]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; | 1997&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Cartas de amor de um profeta&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Love Letters from a Prophet]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Manual do guerreiro da luz&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Manual of the Warrior of Light&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; | 1998&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Veronika decide morrer&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Veronika Decides to Die]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Palavras essenciais&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Essential Words]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2000&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;O Demônio e a  Srta. Prym&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Devil and Miss Prym]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2001&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Historias para pais, filhos e netos&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Fathers, Sons and Grandsons]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2003&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Onze Minutos&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Eleven Minutes]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; | 2004&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;O Gênio e as Rosas&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Genie and the Roses]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Viagens&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Journeys&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Vida&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Life&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; | 2005&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;O Zahir&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Zahir (novel)|The Zahir]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Caminhos Recolhidos&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Revived Paths]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; | 2006&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ser Como o Rio que Flui&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Like the Flowing River&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;A Bruxa de Portobello&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Witch of Portobello]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2008&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;O vencedor está só&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Winner Stands Alone]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2009&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Amor&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Love&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2010&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Aleph&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Aleph (novel)|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Aleph&amp;#039;&amp;#039;]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2011&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Fábulas&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2012&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Manuscrito Encontrado em Accra&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Manuscript Found in Accra&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2014&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Adultério&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Adultery (novel)|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Adultery&amp;#039;&amp;#039;]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2016&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;A Espiã&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| [[The Spy (Coelho novel)|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Spy&amp;#039;&amp;#039;]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2018&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Hippie&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Hippie (novel)|Hippie]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2020&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Archer&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| [[The Archer (novel)|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Archer&amp;#039;&amp;#039;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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|}&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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* [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/566.Paulo_Coelho Paulo Coelho on Goodreads]&lt;br /&gt;
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