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Isabel Allende

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Born August 2, 1942 · Lima, Peru

Also known as Isabel Allende Llona

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Biography

Isabel Angélica Allende Llona is a Chilean-American writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the magical realism genre, is known for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts, which have been commercially successful. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author." In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Awards & recognition

  • BBC 100 Women · 2018
  • Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards · 2017
  • California Hall of Fame · 2016
  • honorary doctor of Harvard University · 2014
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2014
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  • Carl Sandburg Literary Award · 2013
  • Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award · 2012
  • Alcalá City Awards · 2011
  • Library of Congress Prize — American Fiction · 2010
  • National Prize — Literature (Chile) · 2010
  • honorary doctorate · 2007
  • Great Immigrants Award · 2006
  • Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service · 2004
  • Premio Iberoamericano de Letras José Donoso · 2003
  • WILLA Literary Award · 2000
  • American Book Awards · 1989
  • Premio Bellas Artes de Narrativa Colima para Obra Publicada · 1985
  • honorary doctor of the University of Santiago, Chile
  • Locus Award — Best Young Adult Book · 2005 · nominated
  • Locus Award — Best Young Adult Book · 2003 · nominated

Filmography8 titles

The House of the Spirits

2026Executive Producer, Novel

Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir

2021as Self

Jane the Virgin

2014as Isabel Allende

The House of the Spirits

1993Novel

The Power of the Heart

2014as Self

A Fierce Green Fire

2013as Narrator (voice)

Of Love and Shadows

1994Novel

Santiago Files

2011as Self