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About Yann Martel
Canadian author
Yann Martel is a Canadian author best known for his novel Life of Pi. The book won the Man Booker Prize and became an international bestseller. Life of Pi was published in more than 50 territories and has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide. It spent more than a year on the bestseller lists of The New York Times and The Globe and Mail, and was later adapted into a film directed by Ang Lee.
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Books by Yann Martel
Life of Pi
2003
Beatrice and Virgil
2010
The High Mountains of Portugal
2017
The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
2004
Darwin's Bastards
2010