10. Juni 2025|
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|6 months agoPaulo Coelho Museum to Open in Geneva This September
Bestselling Brazilian author Paulo Coelho announces new museum in Geneva, featuring personal artifacts including the typewriter used to write 'The Alchemist'.
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- A museum dedicated to the life and work of Brazilian author Paulo Coelho is scheduled to open in Geneva in September.
- The museum will be located near the historic Russian Orthodox church in Geneva.
- Among the artifacts on display will be the typewriter on which Coelho wrote his most famous novel, 'The Alchemist'.
- The museum will feature exhibits detailing Coelho's turbulent early life, including his time in a psychiatric hospital, his involvement in the 1960s hippy movement, and his imprisonment during the Brazilian dictatorship.
- The top floor of the museum will be dedicated to the works of Coelho's wife, the painter Christina Oiticica.
By The Numbers
500-600 million
Estimated net worth in Swiss Francs (CHF) in 2021
30 million
Followers on Facebook
15
Years residing in Geneva
They Said
"The museum will tell the story of his stay in a psychiatric hospital from the age of 17 to 20 and his involvement in the hippy movement in the 1960s, before travelling to South America and Europe."
"His spiritual questioning led him to the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, where he found the inspiration for his first novel The Pilgrimage (1987)."
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Journey Through a Storied Life
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The Alchemist's Typewriter
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A Family's Artistic Haven
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