However, the Brazilian press were indignant and accused Martel of copying Scliar's work. In a 2003 appearance at the International Festival of Authors in Toronto, Scliar himself said his work has been used and abused by English-speaking writers. Life of Pi features a boy trapped in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. Max and the Cats is the story of a man fleeing the Nazis who is shipwrecked and finds himself alone in a dinghy with a jaguar.Ĭanadian writer Yann Martel freely acknowledged Scliar's work as inspiration for his Booker-winning novel Life of Pi, saying he had read a review of the book in the New York Times. He had suffered a stroke last month in the southern city of Porto Alegre. Scliar died in hospital early Sunday of multiple organ failure, the Brazilian Academy of Letters says in an online statement. Moacyr Scliar, a Brazilian writer best known for his novel Max and the Cats, has died.
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