Works by
Yann Martel
(Writer)
[June 25, 1963 - ]

• A 20th Century Shirt (2008 release)

• Life of Pi (2002) -- Winner 2001 Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction; Winner 2002 Booker Prize for Fiction
  The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes.
  
  The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days while lost at sea. When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. The Japanese authorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to tell them "the truth." After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional--but is it more true?

• Self (1996)
  A modern-day Orlando -- edgy, funny and startlingly honest -- Self is the fictional autobiography of a young writer and traveler who finds his gender changed overnight.

• The Facts Behind Helsinki Roccamatios and Other Stories (1993) -- Winner 1991 Journey Prize
  The appearance of a young storyteller with a unique fictional voice is cause for celebration. Yann Martel's title story (described as "unforgettable...a truly stunning piece of fiction"*), won the 1991 Journey Prize to universal acclaim. The intensely human tragedy that lies at its heart is told with a spare, careful elegance that resonates long after it has ended--and is matched through all the stories by an immediacy an dazzling freshness.

See also:

• Story (1993), Laura Furman, ed.
  Founded in 1931, a quarterly anthology of some of the best short stories of 1993 by well-known published authors. Includes works by Abraham Verghhese, Amy Bloom, Charles D'Ambrosio, Daniel Lyons, David Lee, Kevin Canty, Oakland Ross, Robert Sand, Sall Savic, and Yann Martel