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A scholarship for his Canadian father to do his doctorate in Spain resulted in Yann Martel being born there in 1963. His father's occupation as a teacher and then a diplomat meant that Yann lived in various places including Alaska, Costa Rica, France, Mexico, and in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and British Columbia.
As an adult, he continued to travel the globe, spending time in Iran, Turkey and India. After studying philosophy at Trent University in Peterborough, OntarioPeterborough City nickname: "The Electric City Area¹ Total Water 58. 61 km²? km² ?% Population Total ( 2001)¹ Density¹ 76,931 1218. 9/km² % Change ( 1996 2001): 2. 4 Latitude Longitude 44° N79° W 1. Dwellings:30,804¹ Postal Code:K9H, K9J, K9K, K9L Area Co, at age 27 he embarked on a writing career. Living or visiting many cultures influenced his writing, providing the rich cultural background mix in Life of PiLife of Pi is a novel by Canadian author Yann Martel. The title character, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, explores the issues of religion and spirituality from an early age, and decides he will become a follower of at least three major religions. Life of that garnered him the prestigious 2002 Booker PrizeThe Booker Prize for Fiction is awarded each year for the best novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. It was established by the retail wholesaler Booker plc in 1968. To maintain the consistent excellence of the prize, j for fiction. To write Life of Pi, Martel spent six months in India visiting mosques, temples, churches and zoos, and then an entire year reading religious texts and castaway stories. After the research, the actual writing required two more years.
A free spirit, Martel says he now lives in Montreal, Quebec because that is where his plane landed. He does not like to be tied down so owns very little and in the past, a lack of money meant working at whatever odd jobs available that would allow him to travel and write.