Life of Pi Life of Pi Life of Pi is a Canadian fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist is Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry who explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The novel has sold more than ten million copies worldwide. It was rejected by at least five London publishing houses before being accepted by Knopf Canada, which published it in September 2001. The UK edition won
Russian Little Booker Prize tendencies in Russia's literary life. Up until 2000 Russian Little Booker was awarded at the Russian Booker prize ceremonies. In 2001 it was awarded at the Non-Fiction Book Fair in Moscow. The prize award was 4000 GBP. The Public Board of the Little Booker included: 1. Nikolai Aleksandrov ("Ekho Moskvy" radio station) 2. Aleksandr Gavrilov ("Ekslibris" newspaper) 3. Aleksandr Ivanov 4. Dmitri Prigov 5. Natalia Perova ("Glas" magazine) Ilia Kukulin served as consultant. 1992 - Magazines "Solo" (Moscow) and "Vestnik novoi literatury" (Sankt-Peterburg) for the best magazine of literary debuts 1993 - Victor Pelevin ("Sinii fonar") for the year's best