Paulo Coelho in Ukraine

Lviv Television. The May 1, 2004 edition of the program "Audience" is dedicated to the Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho.

The program includes: Paulo Coelho's biography, excerpts from his speeches, the history of writing books; interviews.

Journalist — Nadiya Baziv.

Created by: Lyubov Levynska, Vitaliy Polyakov, Oksana Sulzhenko, Yuriy Breslavsky, Oleg Almazov, Vitaliy Misyura, Olena Avramenko, Lyudmila Kornilova.

Reference: Paulo Coelho visited Ukraine in 2004, where he took part in a book publishers' forum in Lviv, presenting the Ukrainian translation of his book "Eleven Minutes". During the visit, he expressed his admiration for Ukraine and promised to write several articles about the country for the international press. However, in 2014, Coelho stated that the Revolution of Dignity was a coup d'état, and he characterized Western support for Ukraine as a "convenient excuse for Russophobia," which drew criticism from many of his readers.