The Year that Made Me: Yann Martel, 1990

Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast · Apr 18, 2026 · 22m

Yann Martel might have found fame and fortune when his novel Life of Pi won the Booker Prize in 2002, but the year that shaped his path as a writer came much earlier. After a nomadic childhood spent traversing the world, ricocheting between cultures and languages, it was in a moment of stillness in a Paris apartment that Martel found the inspiration and confidence to write the story that launched his career.Guest: Author Yann Martel, who is visiting Australia in May to introduce his new novel, Son of Nobody.