BRUNO ASTUTO

Bruno Astuto is a Brazilian journalist who contributes to Época, Vogue Brasil, GQ Brasil, and the Brazilian television show Mais Você, on Globo TV. A bibliophile who owns more than 10,000 books, Astuto has a degree in law and speaks six languages. He is author of several books, including Catarina de Médicis, Somos Todos Iguais, and Maria Todo Dia. Philanthropically, Astuto is engaged in the cause of developmentally challenged children, having served as president of Our World, a Brazilian organization dedicated to caring for people with special needs. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian lyricist and writer. His books have sold more than 210 million copies in over 170 countries worldwide, and his most famous novel, The Alchemist, has been translated into eighty languages. Coelho has received numerous prestigious international awards; he is member of the Academy of Letters of Brazil since 2002 and United Nations Messenger of Peace since 2007. Through his nonprofit Paulo Coelho Institute, he provides support to the Creche Escola Meninos da Luz and the Lar Paulo de Tarso in the Pavão-Pavãozinho favela of Rio de Janeiro, which look after 430 children.