Yann Martel

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yann Martel
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Jun 25, 1963(1963-06-25)
Age	61
Birthplace	Salamanca
Country	Spain
Birth City	Castile and León
Horoscope	Gemini

Yann Martel Biography

Yann Martel is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on June 25, 1963 in Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain. Canadian author, Man Booker Prize winner. He is most well-known for his hugely successful novel, Life of Pi. He also published The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios (1993), and Self (1996).

His novel, Life of Pi, was made into a film directed by Ang Lee. directed his novel, Life of Pi.

Yann Martel (born 25 June 1963) is a Spanish-born Canadian author of French Canadian descent best known for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi, an international bestseller published in more than 50 territories. It has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and spent more than a year on the bestseller lists of the New York Times and The Globe and Mail, among many other best-selling lists. It was adapted for a film directed by Ang Lee, garnering four Oscars including Best Director and winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.

Martel’s work first appeared in print in 1988 in The Malahat Review with his short story Mister Ali and the Barrelmaker. The Malahat Review also published in 1990 his short story The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, for which he won the 1991 Journey Prize and which was included in the 1991–1992 Pushcart Prize Anthology. In 1992, the Malahat brought out his short story The Time I Heard the Private Donald J. Rankin String Concerto with One Discordant Violin, by the American Composer John Morton, for which he won a National Magazine Award gold. The cultural magazine Border Crossings published his short story Industrial Grandeur in 1993. That same year, a bookstore in Ottawa that hosted Martel for a reading issued a handcrafted, limited edition of some of his stories, Seven Stories.

He was the son of French Canadian parents. His father was a diplomat from Canada, Emile Martel. He was married to Alice Kuipers, a writer.

Yann Martel Net Worth

Yann Martel is one of the richest Novelist from Spain. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yann Martel 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He completed his studies in philosophy at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario. After that, he spent thirteen months in India. In 1993, he published Seven Stories, his first book.

Although his first language was French, he is fluent in English.

Martel was born in Salamanca, Spain in 1963 to French-Canadians Nicole Perron and Émile Martel who were studying at the University of Salamanca. His mother was enrolled in Hispanic studies while his father was working on a PhD on Spanish writer Miguel de Unamuno. The family moved to Coimbra, Portugal soon after his birth, then to Madrid, Spain, then to Fairbanks, Alaska, and finally to Victoria, British Columbia; his father taught at the Universities of Alaska and Victoria. His parents joined the Canadian foreign service, and he was raised in San José, Costa Rica, Paris, France, and Madrid, Spain, with stints in Ottawa, Ontario in between postings. Martel completed his final two years of high school at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario, and he completed an undergraduate degree in philosophy at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario.

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Who is Yann Martel Dating?

According to our records, Yann Martel married to Alice Kuipers. As of December 1, 2023, Yann Martel’s is not dating anyone.

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Martel is also the author of the novels The High Mountains of Portugal, Beatrice and Virgil, and Self, the collection of stories The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, and a collection of letters to Canada’s Prime Minister 101 Letters to a Prime Minister. He has won a number of literary prizes, including the 2001 Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and the 2002 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature.

Facts & Trivia

Yann Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Spain. Yann Martel celebrates birthday on June 25 of every year.

Martel moved to Saskatoon, Canada with Kuipers in 2003.

Is Life of Pi book based on a true story?

The film, Life of Pi, is not based on a true story and is a fictional story that is based on Yann Martel’s novel of the same name that released in

2001. However, director Ang Lee wanted the film to have depth and realism.

Why did Yann Martel write Life of Pi?

He added that “India nourished him” at a time when he was “drying up”. That said, Martel noted that ultimately it was his quest to understand the “mechanism of religious faith” that made him write the book. “‘Life of Pi’ was to understand faith. Faith is a leap into the unknown.

What is Yann Martel's impact on society?

Yann Martel’s Impacts on Future Literature In fact, his unique writing style and literary qualities of his masterpieces have brought novel ideas to global literature. His distinctive writing approach and unique ways have transformed him into a giant writer of this age.

Who is the real author of Life of Pi?

Yann Martel , (born June 25, 1963, Salamanca, Spain), Canadian author best known for Life of Pi (2001), the story of the eponymous Indian teenager adrift at sea, after a shipwreck, in a lifeboat shared with a Bengal tiger.

Was it a real tiger in Life of Pi?

Four real tigers were used in the production, for reference and motion capture, as well as for actual pivotal scenes. Including footage of actual tigers forced the effects team to make their digital tigers look realistic enough so as to be indistinguishable from the actual tigers.