![]() ![]() (CNN) - The Booker Prize-winning author of "Life of Pi," Yann Martel is one of Canada's most recognized and outspoken writers.īorn in Spain to Canadian diplomats, Martel lived a nomadic life as a youngster, growing up in various countries including Costa Rica, France, Mexico and his home country of Canada. We asked novelist Yann Martel to tell us how Canada has shaped his life and work. "If we have leaders who don't read books, we are lead by the blind," he saysĬanada is one of the countries we're featuring on Global Connections, a segment on CNN's Connect the World that takes two very different countries and asks you to find the connections.Since 2007 Martel has been sending Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper books on a regular basis.The son of Canadian diplomats, he says Canada's values of tolerance and openness have informed his work. ![]() ![]() Yann Martel won the Booker Prize in 2002 for his novel "Life of Pi". ![]()
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