Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Biography and Historical Context

Facts
-Yann Martel was born June 25, 1963 in Salamanca, Spain.
-Went to Trent University in Ontario.
-Traveled around the world getting inspirations from visting mosques, temples, churches, zoos, reading religious texts, and castaway stories.
-Published Life Of Pi in 2001, and won the Man Booker Prize the following year.
-He now lives and works in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Context
-The political situation in the family household refers to actual events.
-Pondicherry is a former French colony in India.
-The place where Pi landed is an actual town in Mexico.

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