Yann Martel, the son of Canadian diplomats, was born in Salamanca, Spain in 1963. As a child, he accompanied his parents on trips around the world. He visited Alaska, British Columbia, Costa Rica, France and Mexico. Later, as an adult, he traveled to Iran, Turkey and India.
He studied philosophy (at Trent University, Canada, Ontario, near Peterborough). He changed many professions before writing at the age of 27. In the beginning, he divided his time between yoga, writing and serving in the army
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Yann Martel, the son of Canadian diplomats, was born in Salamanca, Spain in 1963. As a child, he accompanied his parents on trips around the world. He visited Alaska, British Columbia, Costa Rica, France and Mexico. Later, as an adult, he traveled to Iran, Turkey and India.
He studied philosophy (at Trent University, Canada, Ontario, near Peterborough). He changed many professions before writing at the age of 27. In the beginning, he divided his time between yoga, writing and serving in the army as a reservist.
Yann Martel is the author of a collection of short stories and a novel I Am Myself. Both books were published in different countries and received favorable reviews from critics, but were not as successful as his last book.
A new novel by Jan Martel, awarded the Booker Prize for 2002, was published in Canada by Knopf, in the United States by Anna Patty, Harcourt, in the United Kingdom by Jamie Bing, Canongate, and in Germany by Fischer.
Yann Martel was born in Spain in 1963 of peripatetic Canadian parents. He grew up in Alaska, British Columbia, Costa Rica, France, Ontario and Mexico, and has continued travelling as an adult, spending time in Iran, Turkey and India. After studying philosophy at Trent University and while doing various odd jobs—tree planting, dishwashing, working as a security guard—he began to write. He is the prize-winning author of The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, a collection of short stories, and of Self, a novel, both of them published internationally. He has been living from his writing since the age of 27. He divides his time between yoga, writing and volunteering in a palliative care unit. Yann Martel lives in Montreal.