Paulo Coelho: a warrior's life

Paulo today: Budapest, Prague, Hamburg, Cairo

Childhood

Schooldays

First play, first love

First encounter with Dr Benjamim

Batatinha's début

Ballad of the Clinic Gaol

Shock treatment

The great escape

Vera

The marijuana years

Discovering America

Gisa

The Devil and Paulo

Paulo and Raul

A devil of a different sort

Paulo renounces the Devil

Cissa

London

Christina

First meeting with Jean

Paulo and Christina, publishers

The road to Santiago

The Alchemist

The critics' response

Success abroad

World fame

Becoming an "immortal"

The Zahir

One hundred million copies sold

Facts about Paulo Coelho.