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{{Short description|2001 novel by Yann Martel}}
{{about|the novel by Yann Martel|the film adaptation|Life of Pi (film){{!}}''Life of Pi'' (film)|the theatrical adaptation|Life of Pi (play){{!}}''Life of Pi'' (play)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=December 2014}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox book
| name              = Life of Pi
| title_orig        = Life of Pi
| translator        = 
| image             = Life of Pi cover.png
| caption           = ''Life of Pi'' cover
| author            = [[Yann Martel]]
| illustrator       = 
| cover_artist      = 
| country           = Canada
| language          = English
| series            = 
| genre             = [[Adventure fiction]]
| publisher         = [[Knopf Canada]]
| release_date      = September 11, 2001
| media_type        = 
| isbn              = 0-676-97376-0
| isbn_note         = (first edition, hardcover)
| oclc              = 46624335
| preceded_by       = [[Self (novel)|Self]]
| followed_by       = [[Beatrice and Virgil]]
| pages             = 356
}}
'''''Life of Pi''''' is a Canadian [[Philosophical fiction|philosophical novel]] by [[Yann Martel]] published in 2001. The protagonist is Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, an Indian boy from [[Puducherry (city)|Pondicherry]], who explores issues of [[spirituality]] and [[metaphysics]] from an early age. After a [[shipwrecking|shipwreck]], he survives 227<!-- Pi 1 million years on the boat (ch. 63, 2nd ¶) --> days while stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a [[Bengal tiger]] named Richard Parker and an orangutan named Orange Juice along with several other zoo animals, raising questions about the nature of reality and how it is perceived and told.

The novel has sold more than ten million copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2013-feb-18-la-et-mn-life-of-pi-20130218-story.html | title='Life of Pi' a surprise success story around the world | date=18 February 2013 | newspaper=Los Angeles Times| first=Daniel | last=Miller | access-date=7 January 2019 }}</ref> It was rejected by at least five London publishing houses<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/oct/24/bookerprize2002.awardsandprizes | title = Top publishers rejected Booker winner |author=Gibbons, Fiachra |date=24 October 2002 |work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=31 August 2010 }}</ref> before being accepted by [[Knopf Canada]], which published it in September 2001. Martel 
won the [[Man Booker Prize]] the following year.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/books/42 | title = ''Life of Pi'' | publisher = [[Man Booker Prize]] | access-date = 31 August 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101202165343/http://themanbookerprize.com/prize/books/42 | archive-date = 2 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Canadian-wins-Booker-Prize-Life-of-Pi-is-tale-2780726.php | 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 |access-date=31 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://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 |access-date=3 September 2010 }}</ref> It was also chosen for [[CBC Radio]]'s ''[[Canada Reads]]'' 2003, where it was championed by author [[Nancy Lee (writer)|Nancy Lee]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/prioryears.html#2003 | title = Canada Reads 2003 |publisher=[[Canada Reads]] |access-date=1 September 2010}}</ref>

The French translation ''L'Histoire de Pi'' was chosen in the French CBC version of the contest ''[[Le Combat des livres]]'', where it was championed by [[Louise Forestier]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/martel-seeks-quiet-of-saskatoon-1.565298 | title = Martel seeks quiet of Saskatoon |publisher=[[CBC News]] |access-date=1 September 2010}} </ref> The novel won the 2003 [[Exclusive Books Boeke Prize|Boeke Prize]], a South African novel award. In 2004, it won the [[Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature|Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature]] in Best Adult Fiction for years 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]] | access-date = 19 October 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090206160614/http://www.apalaweb.org/awards/awards0203.htm | archive-date = 6 February 2009}}</ref> In 2012 it was adapted into [[Life of Pi (film)|a feature film]] directed by [[Ang Lee]] with a screenplay by [[David Magee]].

In 2022, the novel was included on the "[[Big Jubilee Read]]" list of 70 books by [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] authors, selected to celebrate the [[Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2Ynpj933DJ2YG5nsMS6fn8k/a-literary-celebration-of-queen-elizabeth-iis-record-breaking-reign|title=The Big Jubilee Read: A literary celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's record-breaking reign|website=BBC|date=17 April 2022|access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref>