It later was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film (2012) directed by Ang Lee. The book was awarded the prestigious Booker Prize and was published in more than 30 languages.

In 2001 Martel received international acclaim for Life of Pi, which features elements of fable, fantasy, and magic realism. Martel established himself as a writer with the publication of The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and Other Stories (1993), followed by his first novel, Self (1996), both of which introduced consistent thematic concerns in his fiction, including the complexities of illness, sexuality and identity, death and dying, and the burden of grief and loss. He completed his secondary education in Canada at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario (1979–81), and continued his studies at Trent University (1981–84 1986–87) and Concordia University (1984–85), earning a B.A. The son of peripatetic Canadian parents-his father was a diplomat as well as an accomplished poet-Martel lived in such countries as Spain, Costa Rica, France, Mexico, and the United States. Yann Martel, (born June 25, 1963, Salamanca, Spain), Canadian author best known for Life of Pi (2001), the story of the eponymous Indian teenager adrift at sea, after a shipwreck, in a lifeboat shared with a Bengal tiger. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.

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