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Isabel Allende Llona, (born in Lima, Peru; 2 August 1942), is a Chilean-American novelist. Allende, who writes in the "magic realist" tradition, is considered one of the first successful women novelists in Latin America.^[1] She is largely famous for her contributions to Latin-American literature, novels such as The House of the Spirits (La casa de los espíritus (1982) and City of the Beasts (La ciudad de las bestias) (2002), which have been hugely successful. She has written novels based in part on her own experiences, often focusing on the experiences of women, weaving myth and realism together. She has lectured and done extensive book tours and has taught literature at several US colleges.^[1] She currently resides in California along with her husband, having adopted American citizenship in 2003. Salvador Isabelino Allende Gossens[1] (June 26, 1908 â€“ September 11, 1973) was President of Chile from November 1970 until his death during the coup dÃ©tat of September 11, 1973. ... MarÃa Isabel Allende Bussi (born January 18, 1945) is a Chilean Socialist politician and deputy since 1990. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 472 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (825 Ã— 1048 pixel, file size: 463 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Isabel Allende Metadata This file contains... is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Lima (disambiguation). ... This article is about work. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... In English usage, nationality is the legal relationship between a person and a country. ... ... Magic Realism (or Magical Realism) is an illustrative or literary technique in which the laws of cause and effect seem not quite to apply in otherwise real world situations. ... The House of the Spirits (Spanish: La Casa de los EspÃritus) is the debut novel of Isabel Allende. ... Gabriel Garcia Marquez Gabriel García Márquez (born March 6, 1928) is a Colombian novelist, journalist, publisher, and political activist. ... Pablo Neruda (July 12, 1904 â€“ September 23, 1973) was the penname and, later, legal name of the Chilean writer and communist politician Ricardo Eliecer NeftalÃ Reyes Basoalto. ... For other uses, see Lima (disambiguation). ... is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Magic realism (or magical realism) is an artistic genre in which magical elements or illogical scenarios appear in an otherwise realistic or even normal setting. ... The House of the Spirits (Spanish: La Casa de los EspÃritus) is the debut novel of Isabel Allende. ... City of the Beasts (La ciudad de las bestias, 2002) is a novel by Isabel Allende, set in the Amazon rainforest. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... // Possession of Citizenship U.S. citizens have the right to participate in the political system of the United States (with reservations for prisoners, ex-prisoners, and naturalized persons), are represented and protected abroad by the United States (through U.S. embassies and consulates), and are allowed to reside in the...

Biography

Allende was born in Lima, Peru to diplomat Tomás Allende, the Chilean ambassador to Peru and Francisca Llona Barros. Tomás Allende was the first cousin (with Isabel thus being first cousin, once removed)^[2] ^[3] ^[4] of Salvador Allende, the President of Chile from 1970 to 1973. It is important to note that many sources also cite Isabel as Salvador Allende's niece, although most, if not all of these sources, do not state the relationship between Salvador and Tomás. The reason for this is that in Spanish, the words "tio" and "tia" refer equally to the siblings of one's parents as to the cousins of one's parents. So, in Spanish, Isabel Allende is, indeed, the niece of Salvador Allende, but in English, she is not his niece, but rather his first cousin once removed. ^[5] In 1945, after Tomás's "disappearance"^[2], Isabel's mother relocated with their three children to Chile, where they lived until 1953, moving briefly to Bolivia, then Lebanon. The family returned to Chile in 1958 so that Allende could complete her secondary education. Salvador Isabelino Allende Gossens[1] (June 26, 1908 â€“ September 11, 1973) was President of Chile from November 1970 until his death during the coup dÃ©tat of September 11, 1973. ...

Allende attended a number of private schools in Lebanon and Chile and was also briefly home-schooled. The young Isabel also read widely, particularly the works of William Shakespeare. In Chile she met her first husband Miguel Frías, whom she married in 1962. Reportedly, "Allende married early, into an Anglophile family and a kind of double life: at home she was the obedient wife and mother of two; in public she became, after a spell translating Barbara Cartland, a moderately well-known TV personality, a dramatist and a journalist on a feminist magazine."^[2] Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland DBE CStJ (9 July 1901 â€“ 21 May 2000) was one of the most successful writers of romance novels of all time, specialising in historical love themes. ...

From 1959 to 1965, Allende worked with the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization in Santiago, then later in Brussels, Belgium, and elsewhere in Europe. For a brief while in Chile, she also had a job translating Romance novels from English to Spanish. However, she was fired for making unauthorized changes to the dialogue of the heroines to make them sound more intelligent as well as altering the Cinderella endings to let the heroines find more independence and do good in the world. Her daughter Paula was born in 1963. In 1966, Allende returned to Chile, and her son Nicolás was born there that year. This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ... FAO redirects here. ... Location of Santiago commune in Greater Santiago Coordinates: , Region Province Foundation February 12, 1541 Government - Mayor RaÃºl AlcaÃno Lihn Area 1 - City 22. ... For other uses, see Brussels (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... A romance novel is a novel from the genre currently known as romance. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... For other uses, see Cinderella (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ...

Reportedly, "the CIA-backed military coup in [September of] 1973 (that brought Augusto Pinochet to power) changed everything" for Allende because "her name meant she was caught up in finding safe passage for those on the wanted lists" (helping until her mother and stepfather, a diplomat in Argentina, narrowly escaped assassination).^[2] When she herself was added to the list and began receiving death threats, she fled to Venezuela, where she stayed for 13 years. ^[2] Augusto JosÃ© RamÃ³n Pinochet Ugarte[1] (November 25, 1915 â€“ December 10, 2006) was President of Chile from 1974 to 1990, and was the President of the military junta from 1973 to 1981. ...

During a visit to California in 1988, Allende met her second husband, attorney Willie Gordon. In 1994 she was awarded the Gabriela Mistral Order of Merit- the first woman to receive this honor. In 2003, Allende obtained United States citizenship and currently lives in San Francisco. Most of her family lives near her with her son living "with his second wife and her grandchildren just down the hill; her son-in-law and his family live in the house she and her second husband, San Francisco lawyer and novelist William Gordon, vacated."^[2] This article is about the U.S. state. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

In 2006, she was one of the eight flag bearers at the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics (Torino 2006) was held on February 10, 2006 beginning at 20:00 CET (19:00 UTC) at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin, Italy. ...

Literary career

Beginning in 1967, Allende was on the editorial staff for Paula magazine, and from 1969 to 1974 for the children's magazine Mampato, where she later was the Editor.^[6] She published two children's stories, La Abuela Panchita (Grandmother Panchita) and Lauchas y Lauchones, as well as a collection of articles, Civilice a Su Troglodita. She also worked in Chilean television production for channels 7 (humorous programes) and 13 from 1970 to 1974.^[6] As a journalist, she once sought an interview with Pablo Neruda, a notable Chilean poet. Neruda declined, telling her she had too much imagination to be a journalist, and should be a novelist instead. He also advised her to compile her satirical columns in book form. She did so, and this became her first published book. In 1973, Allende's play El Embajador played in Santiago, a few months before she was forced to flee the country due to the coup. Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Pablo Neruda (July 12, 1904 â€“ September 23, 1973) was the penname and, later, legal name of the Chilean writer and communist politician Ricardo Eliecer NeftalÃ Reyes Basoalto. ...

In Allende's time in Venezuela, she was a freelance journalist for El Nacional in Caracas from 1976-83 and an administrator of the Marrocco School in Caracas from 1979-83.^[6] Nickname: Motto: Ave MarÃa SantÃsima, sin pecado concebida, en el primer instante de su ser natural. ...

In 1981, when Allende learned that her grandfather, aged 99, was on his deathbed, she started writing him a letter that later evolved into a book manuscript, The House of the Spirits (1982); the intent of this work was to exorcise the ghosts of the Pinochet dictatorship. The book was a great success; Allende was compared to Gabriel Garcia Marquez as an author of the style known as magical realism. The House of the Spirits (Spanish: La Casa de los EspÃritus) is the debut novel of Isabel Allende. ... Gabriel Garcia Marquez Gabriel García Márquez (born March 6, 1928) is a Colombian novelist, journalist, publisher, and political activist. ... Magic Realism (or Magical Realism) is an illustrative or literary technique in which the laws of cause and effect seem not quite to apply in otherwise real world situations. ...

Allende's books have since became known for their vivid storytelling. Allende's trademark is the use of emotive words and phrases and, of course, the style of Magical realism. Isabel also holds to a very methodical, some would say menacing, literary routine.^[7] She writes using a computer, working Monday through Saturday, 9:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. "I always start on January 8," Allende stated; "a tradition she began in 1981 with a letter she wrote to her dying grandfather that would become the groundwork for her first novel, The House of the Spirits."^[8] Allende is also quoted as saying: Magic Realism (or Magical Realism) is an illustrative or literary technique in which the laws of cause and effect seem not quite to apply in otherwise real world situations. ...

Allende's book Paula (1995) is a memoir of her childhood in Santiago, and her years in exile. It was written in the form of a letter to her daughter Paula, who lay in a coma in the hospital (she died of porphyria in 1992). Location of Santiago commune in Greater Santiago Coordinates: , Region Province Foundation February 12, 1541 Government - Mayor RaÃºl AlcaÃno Lihn Area 1 - City 22. ... Porphyrias are a group of inherited or acquired disorders of certain enzymes in the heme biosynthetic pathway (also called porphyrin pathway). ...

Reportedly, "Allende's impact on not only Latin American literature but also on world literature cannot be overestimated."^[1] The Los Angeles Times has called Isabel Allende "a genius,"^[1] and she has received many international awards, including the prestigious Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize^[1], granted to writers "who have contributed to the beauty of the world."^[1] She is also the founder of the Isabel Allende Foundation, which is "dedicated to supporting programs that promote and preserve the fundamental rights of women and children to be empowered and protected."^[1] She has been recently called a "literary legend" by Latino Leaders magazine, which named Allende as third most influential Latino leader in the world in their 2007 article.^[1] Allende's novels have been translated into 30 languages and sold more than 51 million copies.^[10] This just IN !!!:paris hiltons new dog. ...

She has three movies of her books currently in production--Aphrodite, Eva Luna and Gift for a Sweetheart.^[1] Her next book is a memoir, The Sum of Our Days. It comes out in the U.S. next year and looks at her recent life with her immediate family, which includes her grown son, Nicolás; second husband, William Gordon; and several grandchildren.^[10]

Works

The House of the Spirits (Spanish: La Casa de los EspÃritus) is the debut novel of Isabel Allende. ... Eva Luna is a novel written by Chilean novelist Isabel Allende in 1985 and translated from Spanish to English by Margaret Sayers Peden. ... Paula is a 1995 memoir by Isabel Allende. ... Daughter of Fortune (1999, ISBN 006019491X) is a novel by Isabel Allende, and was chosen as an Oprahs Book ClubÂ® selection in February of 2000. ... City of the Beasts (La ciudad de las bestias, 2002) is a novel by Isabel Allende, set in the Amazon rainforest. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Forest of the Pygmies is a book written by the Chilean novelist Isabel Allende and published in 2004. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Other Contributions

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ The list 101 top leaders of the Latino community in the U.S; Cover story. Allen, Kerri; Miller, Corina; Socorro, Dalia; Stewart, Graeme. Latino Leaders Pg. 24(27) Vol. 8 No. 4 ISSN: 1529-3998. June 1, 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Review: The undefeated: A life in writing: Often compared to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende is more interested in telling stories about her own life, her difficult upbringing, marriage and her daughters death.She also writes Banrey songs. Aida Edemariam. The Guardian (London) - Final Edition. GUARDIAN REVIEW PAGES; Pg. 11. April 28, 2007.
^ Santiago Journal; Allende's Widow Meditates Anew on a Day in '73. SHIRLEY CHRISTIAN. The New York Times. Section A; Page 4, Column 3; Foreign Desk. June 5, 1990.
^ Sewing didn't cut it for Inés. VERONICA ROSS. Guelph Mercury (Ontario, Canada). BOOKS; Pg. C5. March 3, 2007.
^ International: Chilean government rejects state funeral for Pinochet as thousands queue to pay respects: Body to be cremated amid fears of attacks on tomb: Capital quiet after victory parade turns into a riot. Jonathan Franklin, Santiago. The Guardian (London). GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL PAGES; Pg. 14. December 12, 2006.
^ ^a ^b ^c Life at a glance. The Guardian (London). Guardian Saturday Pages; Pg. 6. February 5, 2000.
^ LATIN AMERICA'S SCHEHERAZADE; Drawing on dreams, myths, and memories, Chilean novelist Isabel Allende weaves fantastical tales in which reality and the absurd intersect. Fernando Gonzalez. The Boston Globe MAGAZINE; Pg. 14. April 25, 1993.
^ Allende, heroine 'Ines' are kindred spirits. Javier Erik Olvera. Inside Bay Area (California). BAY AREA LIVING; Home and Garden. November 25, 2006.
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^ ^a ^b This old "House" opened a lot of doors for author Allende; Theater preview. Misha Berson. The Seattle Times ROP ZONE; Ticket; Pg. H44. June 1, 2007.

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Contents

Biography

Literary career

Works

Other Contributions

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