Yann Martel






Yann Martel

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born
June 25, 1963

place of birth
Salamanca, Spain

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Yann Martel is a Canadian author best known for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi.





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avg rating: 3.79 | 102,298 ratings | 12,545 reviews | 8 distinct works | 48 fans
Life of Pi Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
avg rating 3.79 — 85,495 ratings — published 2001
78 editions
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The Facts Behind the Helsinki... The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
by Yann Martel
avg rating 3.35 — 491 ratings — published 1991
22 editions
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Self Self
by Yann Martel
avg rating 3.30 — 195 ratings — published 1996
8 editions
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Life of Pi - Multiple Critical... Life of Pi - Multiple Critical Perspective
by Yann Martel
avg rating 3.70 — 20 ratings — published 2007
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Life of Pi: Simplified Charact... Life of Pi: Simplified Characters
by Yann Martel, Yann A. Martel
avg rating 3.75 — 4 ratings — published 2005
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Mais que lit Stephen Harper? c... Mais que lit Stephen Harper? cinquante-cinq lettres envoyées au Premier Ministre
by Yann Martel
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009
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What Is Stephen Harper Reading... What Is Stephen Harper Reading?: Yann Martel's Recommended Reading for a Prime Minister and Book Lovers of All Stripes
by Yann Martel
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A General History of Quadruped... A General History of Quadrupeds: The Figures Engraved on Wood
by Thomas Bewick, Yann Martel (Foreword)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009
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"To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation."
Yann Martel (Life of Pi)
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"If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams."
Yann Martel (Self)
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"I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unnerving ease. It begins in your mind, always ... so you must fight hard to express it. You must fight hard to shine the light of words upon it. Because if you don't, if your fear becomes a wordless darkness that you avoid, perhaps even manage to forget, you open yourself to further attacks of fear because you never truly fought the opponent who defeated you."
Yann Martel (Life of Pi)
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