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Isabel Angelica Allende Llona (Latin American Spanish: [isaˈβel aˈʝende] ⓘ; born 2 August 1942) is a Chilean-American [6] [7] writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the magical realism genre, is known for 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 commercially ...
Allende, along with Soledad Alvear and several other Senators, sponsored a bill to extend voting rights to Chileans living abroad. [10] The right to vote from overseas was codified by Law No. 20.748, which allowed thousands of Chileans to vote in the 2020 national plebiscite and in presidential elections.
Eva Luna is a novel written by Chilean novelist Isabel Allende in 1987 and translated from Spanish to English by Margaret Sayers Peden. [1] [2]Eva Luna takes us into the life of the eponymous protagonist, an orphan who grows up in an unidentified country in South America.
Paula Frías Allende (22 October 1963 – 6 December 1992) [4] was an educator and humanitarian who was the daughter of Chilean-American author Isabel Allende. Her grandfather was first cousin to Salvador Allende, President of Chile from 1970 to 1973. [5] [6] [7] After her death, her mother started a foundation to continue works in Paula's name.
The House of the Spirits (Spanish: La casa de los espíritus, 1982) is the debut novel of Isabel Allende. The novel was rejected by several Spanish-language publishers before being published in Barcelona in 1982. [2] It became an instant best-seller, was critically acclaimed, and catapulted Allende to literary stardom.
Zorro (Spanish: El Zorro: comienza la leyenda) is a 2005 novel by Chilean author Isabel Allende. Its subject is the American pulp hero Diego de la Vega, better known as El Zorro (The Fox). He first appeared as a character in Johnston McCulley's novella The Curse of Capistrano (1919). His character and adventures have also been adapted for an ...
Isabel Allende says "of her female protagonist in Daughter of Fortune, Eliza, that she might well represent who the author might have been in another life." [ 2 ] "Allende spent seven years of research on this, her fifth novel, which she says is a story of a young woman's search for self-knowledge."
Forest of the Pygmies ; Author: Isabel Allende: Original title: El Bosque de los Pigmeos: Translator: Margaret Sayers Peden: Language: Spanish: Series: Las memorias del águila y el jaguar [1] (The Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar)