KnowraYann MartelYann MartelYann Martel is a Canadian novelist best known for Life of Pi, a novel that won the 2002 Booker Prize.BriefConnectLife of Pi: A novel by Yann Martel about a boy stranded at sea with a Bengal tiger. This novel brought Martel international recognition and won the Booker Prize.Salamanca: A historic city in western Spain, known for its university and distinctive architecture. Martel studied philosophy at the University of Salamanca.Man Booker Prize: A major literary award for English-language novels published in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Its 2002 award to Life of Pi transformed Martel’s international profile.Academy Award for Best Director: An annual Academy Award recognizing a film director’s work. Ang Lee won this award for directing the film adaptation of Life of Pi.Unreliable narrator: A narrator whose account cannot be accepted as fully accurate or impartial. The competing accounts in Life of Pi make narrative reliability central to its interpretation.The High Mountains of Portugal: A 2016 novel by Yann Martel linking three stories across twentieth-century Portugal. It is a later novel in which Martel revisits faith, grief, and animal life.University of Trent: A public university in Peterborough, Ontario, founded in 1964. Martel earned a degree in philosophy there before becoming a novelist.John Freeman: An American literary critic and editor who has written and edited books about reading and literature. Freeman’s interviews and literary criticism have discussed Martel’s work and career.Life of Pi (film): A 2012 adventure-drama film directed by Ang Lee and adapted from Martel’s novel. Its visual effects brought the novel’s animal narrative to a global cinema audience.Religious pluralism: The coexistence and recognition of multiple religious traditions and beliefs. Pi’s simultaneous commitments to several religions dramatize pluralism in the novel.Show all 25Linked from 1 pageMoacyr ScliarRelated: Martel publicly acknowledged reading Scliar’s Max and the Cats before writing Life of Pi.