The Zahir (The Zahir)

He is a writer of Brazilian origin who writes in Portuguese language. In total, Coelho has published 29 books. Two of them – The Pilgrimage and The Valkyries – are autobiographical, while the majority of the rest are fictional, although rooted in his life experiences. Coelho has sold more than 100 million books in over 150 countries worldwide, and his works have been translated into 67 languages. He is the all-time bestselling author of Portuguese language. One of his novels, The Alchemist, holds Guinness World Record for most translated book (in 71 languages) by a living author. He is a strong advocate of spreading his books through peer-to-peer file sharing networks. He was even caught by publishers for pirating his own books on torrent site- The Pirate Bay.