"Paulo Coelho, Brazil's greatest novelist, wrote..." Wait, what?

[Genghis Khaiser]

That is how Civilopedia's article on Brazil starts. What is the problem with this, would you ask? Among people that know about Literature, in Latin America at least, Paulo Coelho has a stigma. Just ask any Latin American who is very cultured and reads a lot of books, they hate him.
In other words, Paulo Coelho is to (Latin American) Literature what Call of Duty is to videogames, what Pop is to music, and what Shonen and especially Naruto is to Anime; very popular but disliked by those who know about the subject. So I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people got offended when Paulo Coelho was called "Brazil's greatest novelist".
Just to make a comparison, calling Paulo Coelho Brazil's greatest novelist is like calling E. L. James (50 Shades of Grey's author) "England's greatest writer" or calling Stephenie Meyer "America's greatest writer".

Personally, I have read a couple of his books, and although I did not find them to be that bad, I found them a bit too preachy and New Age.

 

[stormtrooper412]

Hey it's this topic again

just kidding, I've seen the discussion on this issue before, I agree but, see, most people outside of Brazil have only heard of Coelho and "Brazil's greatest novelist" actually means "only Brazilian writer we're heard of"

 

[sixty4half]

There's worse atrocities in the game in regards to literature. Like how they quote Dante, but actually are quoting JFK misquoting Dante.