Daniel James Brown, better known as Dan Brown— (61 years old) placed himself at the forefront of contemporary literature after publishing “The Da Vinci Code” in 2003, considered a worldwide bestseller, with more than 79 million copies sold and translated in 44 … LANGUAGES.
Throughout his career, Dan Brown has brought several of his works to the screen. In addition to the “Da Vinci Code”, he also directed it with “Angels and Demons”, “The Lost Symbol” either ‘Hell’which demonstrates the cultural impact of their stories.
Today, the writer returns to bookstores around the world with “The Last Secret”a new adventure in which he takes the protagonist of all his works, Professor Robert Langdon, to the city of Prague. Precisely on the occasion of the publication of his latest book, the American visits this Thursday ‘The Anthill’.
Success has always surrounded Dan Brown in literature, but the writer first wanted to devote himself to the art of music. Furthermore, in the sentimental field, he was hit by a scandal five years ago, after being sued by his ex-wife. We know more about intimate life of the American.
His past as a musician and his relationship with Spain
Dan Brown was born on June 22, 1964 in the town of Exeter, New Hampshire. His father was mathematicalwhile his mother was a piano teacher, which encouraged him from a young age to devote himself to music. music.
Interestingly, he visited Spain twice during his studies. The first, in 1980 Gijon. “I came to a study program one summer when I was 16 and had a great time. I studied, I went to the beach with friends and, because I was very pale, they called me “ghost”. They said it as a joke, but it hurt my feelings. I didn’t feel safe. And from that experience, I created Silas, the albino from The Da Vinci Code,” he told ‘XLSemanal’ in 2017.
Five years later, the writer decided to return to our country, in this case, according to him, to study History of artat the University of Seville. “I felt religious oppression that I had never experienced in my life,” he told EFE in 2009.
However, music has always been part of Dan Brown’s DNA. In fact, at just five years old, he has already entered the world of composition and, when he came of age, he decided to study music in Massachusetts.
In 1991, the American moved to Hollywood to pursue his acting career. singer-songwriter and pianist, even releasing a piano album. During this stage, he also devoted himself to teaching Spanish and English. Ultimately, his career as a musician “failed” and he decided to take another direction, which did not give him bad results: literature.
His ex-wife’s trial after his divorce
While working as a musician and teacher, Brown met his ex-wife: Blythe Newton15 years his senior, with whom he married in 1997 after several years of living together.
However, in 2019, after more than 20 years of marriage and no children together, the couple separated. divorce. It was then that she sued him, sparking a major controversy. And Blythe assured that her husband wore a double life during her marriage with several loversluxurious gifts for them and in which she claimed to have inspired some of her husband’s literary work, including the idea on which “The Da Vinci Code” is based.
Dan Brown and Blythe Newlon
According to the ex-wife of the writer – painter, historian and contributor to Brown’s books – her ex-husband “secretly withdrew substantial funds from the marital estate for years to finance his extramarital affairs with women much younger than him and to maintain his clandestine life.
However, Brown wanted to deny the accusations, saying he was “stunned.” According to the writer’s version, he never cheated on his wife during the divorce proceedings and Blythe kept half of the couple’s assets. In fact, the writer filed a countersuit for “defamation and slander”. The ex-couple reached an agreement, the details of which have not been revealed.
“You have created through this trial a fictitious and vindictive account of our marriage intended to hurt me and embarrasses me», assured the writer. However, Brown admitted to the “Sunday Times” that “at the end of our marriage, when we both separately sought comfort elsewhere, I met someone special. She is very hurt. “I understand and I ask for your forgiveness.”
His current girlfriend
Today, Brown shares his life with Judith Pietersen. An Amazon and horse trainer of Dutch origin, she was one of the women with whom Blythe associated the writer during their marriage. The couple met in 2013 during a work trip to the United States and love was born years later, according to both men.
Now, six years after his contentious divorce, Brown has made his engagement to Judith public. “I am completely in love. “I got engaged to a fantastic Dutch girl,” he said in September this year during a visit to Prague, according to ‘De Telegraaf’.
Today they both spend a lot of time together The Netherlands. “I thought I could learn Dutch, I was always good at languages at university. But my attempt lasted three weeks. It proved too difficult,” Brown once commented.
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