While on pilgrimage, Coelho experienced a spiritual awakening which encouraged him to follow his dream of becoming a writer. Coelho’s life was dramatically changed in 1986 when he completed a 500-mile pilgrimage walk in northwestern Spain: the Camino de Santiago (The Way of St.
He worked as an actor, a theater director, a journalist, and a songwriter for other artists, before being arrested in 1974 for his “subversive” liberal song lyrics.
He dropped out after a year and led a life of wandering and poverty, traveling throughout South America, Mexico, Europe, and Africa. In an effort to conform to his parents’ and community’s standards, Coelho enrolled in law school. He escaped three times over the course of his three-year stay. He was an introverted and unusual teenager and, at age 17, his family admitted him to a mental hospital. From a young age, he was interested in literature and hoped to become a writer. Paulo Coelho was born in 1947 and grew up in Brazil.
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