Isabel Allende was born on 2 August 2 1942 in Lima, Peru. The niece and goddaughter of Salvador Allende, the former president of Chile from 1970 to 1973, she started her writing career as a journalist. Several months after her uncle's assassination and the overthrow of Chile's coalition government in 1973, Allende left Chile and found refuge in Venezuela. Her first novel, The House of the Spirits (1985), which arose directly out of her exile, became a worldwide bestseller and critical success. She often weaves together elements of myth and realism, or what is known as "magic realist." Her novels are sometimes based on her own childhood and life experiences. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author."
Isabel Allende
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Isabel Angélica Allende Llona, Isabel Allendeová, Īzābīl ʾAlindī, and 42 others
ʾĪzābīl ʾAlindī, Ізабель Альєнде, Isabel Allende, イサベル アジェンデ, إيزابيل أيندي, Исабел Алиенде, Isabel ALLENDE, イサベル・アジェンデ, Īzābīl al- Līndī, Իզաբել Ալենդե, Isabel' Alénde, Isabel Allende Bussi, Isabella Allende, María Isabel Allende Bussi, Allende, Изабель Альенде, Izabela Aljende, Īzābīl Allindī, Isabell Allende, Isabel Allende Llona, איזבל איינדה, Izabella Aljende, Isabel Aljende, Ισαμπέλ Αγιέντε, Ісабэль Альлендэ, Isabel Alýende, الليندي، ايزابيل, Isabella Aljende, ʾĪzābīl Allindī, Исабель Альенде, Ісабель Альендэ, 伊莎貝·阿言德, 이사벨 아옌데, ਇਜ਼ਾਬੇਲ ਅਲੈਂਦੇ, Īzābīl Allīndī, İzabel Alyende, Изабела Аљенде, إيزابيل ألليندى،, ایزابل آلنده, Īzābīl Alʹliyindī, Īzābal Ālanda, Iyzābīl Allīndī - Born:
- Aug. 2, 1942
