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Facts about Yann Martel's Life of Pi
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In Life of Pi, the protagonist's full name is Piscine Molitor Patel, named after a swimming pool in Paris.
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Yann Martel drew inspiration partly from a 1981 novel by Brazilian author Moacyr Scliar, whose premise of a man sharing a lifeboat with a wild animal overlaps with Life of Pi.
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The novel follows a boy named Pi Patel who survives a shipwreck and spends 227 days stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
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Ang Lee directed the 2012 film adaptation of Life of Pi, which won four Academy Awards including Best Director.
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Published in 2001, Life of Pi won the Man Booker Prize in 2002, bringing Yann Martel international recognition.