- Yann Martel was born on June 25, 1963 in Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain. He is a writer, known for Life of Pi (2012), National Theatre Live: Life of Pi (2023) and Manners of Dying (2004).
- He was awarded the C.C. (Companion of the Order of Canada) on September 29, 2021 by the Canadian Governor General in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- English is the language in which I best express the subtlety of life. But I must say that French is the language closest to my heart. And for this same reason, English gives me a sufficient distance to write.
- It's against the ethos of our times to believe in airy-fairy things called gods.
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