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Yann Martel (born 1963) is a Canadian author best known for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel ''Life of Pi'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】 ''Life of Pi'' )〕 a #1 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 ''New York Times'' Bestseller list.〔Wiki List of Bestselling Books. Wikipedia. Retrieved December 30, 2014.〕 It was adapted to the screen by Ang Lee.〔(Ang Lee wins best director Oscar for Life of Pi ). ''The Guardian'' online. Retrieved January 14, 2015.〕〔Hiscock, John (December 19, 2012). ("Ang Lee, interview: how he filmed the unfilmable for Life of Pi" ). ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved January 19, 2015.〕 Martel is also the author of the novels ''Beatrice and Virgil''〔Barber, John. ("Martel's post-modern Holocaust allegory fetches $3-million advance" ), ''The Globe and Mail'', April 6, 2010.〕〔Woog, Adam. ('Beatrice and Virgil': Yann Martel's haunting fable of humans, animals and violence ), ''The Seattle Times'', April 17, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2015.〕〔Wyndham, Susan. (Books To Watch in 2010 ), ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', January 9, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2015.〕 and ''Self'', the collection of stories ''The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios'', and a collection of letters to the prime minister of Canada, ''101 Letters to a Prime Minister''.〔 He lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.〔(Saskatoon Public Library, Collections Connections ). Saskatoon Public Library site. Retrieved December 30, 2014.〕 He has won a number of literary prizes, including the 2001 Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction〔(Winner of The Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction 2001. ) QWF Literary Database of Quebec English-Language Authors. Retrieved January 14, 2015.〕 and the 2002 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature.〔(2001-2003 Asian Pacific American Awards for Literature ). Cooperative Children's Book Centre, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved January 14, 2015.〕 He was also the first Canadian to represent the Washington Arts Commission.〔(Yann Martel Bio ). Last FM. Retrieved January 14, 2015.〕 Although his first language is French, Yann Martel writes in English: "English is the language in which I best express the subtlety of life. But I must say that French is the language closest to my heart. And for this same reason, English gives me a sufficient distance to write."〔(Quoterature ). Quoterature, Martel entry. Retrieved January 14, 2015.〕 ==Early life== Martel, the son of Nicole Perron and Émile Martel, was born in Salamanca, Spain. His parents were French-speaking Quebecers.〔(Google Books, Twenty-first-century Canadian writers'' )〕 His father was posted as a diplomat for the Canadian government at the time of his birth. His mother was a literary translator.〔Brown, Mick (June 1, 2010). (Yann Martel: in search of understanding ). ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved January 14, 2015.〕 He was raised in Costa Rica, France, Mexico, Alaska and Canada. As an adolescent he attended high school at Trinity College School, a boarding school in Port Hope, Ontario.〔〔(Notable Alumni ). TCS Ontario. Retrieved January 14, 2015.〕 As an adult, Martel has spent time in Iran, Turkey and India. After studying philosophy at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, Martel spent 13 months in India visiting mosques, churches, temples and zoos, and spent two years reading religious texts and castaway stories. He now lives in Saskatoon, Canada.〔Hannon, Gerald (May, 2010). (Life after Pi ). Quill and Quire. Retrieved January 14, 2015.〕 His first published fictional work, ''Seven Stories'', appeared in 1993.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yann Martel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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