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'''''Life of Pi''''' adalah sebuah novel petualangan fantasi karya [[Yann Martel]] yang diterbitkan tahun 2001, Tokoh utamanya, Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, seorang bocah India dari [[Pondicherry]], mengalami hal-hal berbau [[spiritualitas]] dan praktikalitas sejak usia muda. Ia bertahan hidup selama 227<!-- Pi spends 227 days on the boat (ch. 63, 2nd ¶) --> hari setelah bencana kapal di Samudra Pasifik bersama seekor [[harimau Benggala]] bernama [[Richard_Parker_(korban)|Richard Parker]].
Novel ini ditolak oleh sedikitnya lima penerbitan di London<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/oct/24/bookerprize2002.awardsandprizes |title = Top publishers rejected Booker winner |author=Gibbons, Fiachra |date=24 October 2002 |work=The Guardian |location=UK |accessdate=31 August 2010 }}</ref> sebelum diterima oleh [[Knopf Canada]], yang menerbitkannya pada bulan September 2001. Edisi novel di Britania Raya memenangkan [[Man Booker Prize for Fiction]] pada tahun berikutnya.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/books/42 | title = ''Life of Pi'' |publisher=[[Man Booker Prize]] |accessdate=31 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = http://articles.sfgate.com/2002-10-23/news/17568535_1_yann-martel-novel-pi |title = Canadian wins Booker Prize / 'Life of Pi' is tale of a boy who floats across the ocean from India |author=Kipen, David |date=23 October 2002 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |accessdate=31 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/donotmigrate/3584451/Life-of-Pi-wins-Booker.html |title = Life of Pi wins Booker |author=Reynolds, Nigel |date=30 September 2002 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |accessdate=3 September 2010 }}</ref> Novel ini juga masuk nominasi ''[[Canada Reads]]'' [[CBC Radio]] tahun 2003, yang dimenangkan oleh [[Nancy Lee (penulis)|Nancy Lee]].<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/prioryears.html#2003 |title = Canada Reads 2003 |publisher=[[Canada Reads]] |accessdate=1 September 2010}}</ref> Terjemahan Perancisnya, ''[[:fr:L'histoire de Pi|L'histoire de Pi]]'', masuk nominasi kontes tersebut versi Perancis, ''[[Canada_Reads|Le combat des livres]]'', yang dimenangkan oleh [[Louise Forestier]].<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2005/11/11/yannmartel_051111.html |title = Martel seeks quiet of Saskatoon |publisher=[[CBC News]] |accessdate=1 September 2010}} {{Dead link|date=May 2011|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> Novel ini memenangkan [[Exclusive Books Boeke Prize|Boeke Prize]], sebuah penghargaan novel Afrika Selatan, pada tahun 2003. Tahun 2004, novel ini memenangkan [[Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature]] untuk Fiksi Dewasa Terbaik tahun 2001–2003.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.apalaweb.org/awards/awards0203.htm | title = Asian Pacific American Award for Literature (APAAL) 2001–2003 |publisher=[[Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature|APAAL]] |accessdate=19 October 2010}}</ref> Pada tahun 2012, novel ini diadaptasikan menjadi sebuah [[Life of Pi (film)|film fitur teater]] yang disutradarai [[Ang Lee]] dan dengan naskah karangan [[David Magee]].
== Referensi ==
* {{cite book|authorlink=Brian Busby|last=Busby|first=Brian|title = Character Parts: Who's Really Who in CanLit|location=Toronto|publisher=Knopf|year=2003|isbn=0-676-97579-8}}
* {{cite news |last=Davies |first=Hugh |title = £50,000 Booker winner 'stole idea from Brazilian author' |date=September 2002 |publisher=Telegraph Group |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/1412682/50000-Booker-winner-stole-idea-from-Brazilian-author.html |location=London}}
* {{cite news |title = 'May Richard Parker be always at your side' |date=November 2002 |work=The Guardian |location=UK |url = http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,6000,848131,00.html }}
* {{cite news |last=Fialkoff |first=Francine |title = Too Sensitized to Plagiarism? |date=December 2002 |publisher=Library Journal |url = http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA263159.html}}
* {{cite news |last=McMurtrie |first=John |title = French director swept away by 'Life of Pi' |date=October 2005 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/13/DDGVAF6PQ733.DTL }}
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