yan martel

Yann Martel was born on June 25, 1963 in Salamanca, Spain. He is a Canadian writer (Quebec and Saskatchewan). He is best known for his novel "Life of Pi", the original English version has won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction (Booker Prize). His father is Emile Martel. He traveled around the world. After studying philosophy at Trent University, he began a literary career at 27 years old. And he wrote a book entitled "Life of Pi". To prepare this book he stayed 6 months in India and he visited lots of temples. He is currently studying zoology and the 3 major religions (Hindouism , Islamism and Christianism). THE AIM OF THIS BOOK IS TO MAKE US BELIEVE IN GODS.