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| birth_name = Isabel Allende Llona
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1942|8|2}}
| birth_place = [[Lima]], [[Peru]]
| occupation = Author, jurnalist
| language = [[Spainyie leid|Spainyie]]
| nationality = Chilean-American
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| spouse = Miguel Frías (1962-1987)<br>Willie Gordon (1988-present)
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| children = [[:en:Paula Frías Allende|Paula]] (1963-1992), Nicolás
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| awards = [[:en:National Prize for Literature (Chile)|Naitional Prize for Leeteratur]]
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'''Isabel Allende''' ({{IPA-es|isaˈβel aˈʝende|lang|Isabel Allende.ogg}}; born 2 August 1942) is a Chilean writer.<ref>[http://bigthink.com/ideas/20489 Isabel Allende: "Big Think Interview with Isabel Allende" June 16, 2010"]</ref><ref>[http://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=389856 Isabel Allende: "¡Escribo bien! Por lo menos admítanme eso"] [Emol], 17 December 2009<br /> ''Vengo a Chile por lo menos tres veces al año, me comunico con Chile todos los días a través de Skype con mi mamá, estoy enterada de lo que pasa y cuando me preguntan 'qué eres' digo automáticamente 'chilena'. Vivo en América, pero me siento profundamente chilena en la manera de vivir, de ser: soy mandona, metete, dominante, intrusa, hospitalaria, tribal.'' (Isabel Allende)</ref> Allende, whose wirks sometimes contain aspects o the "[[magic realism|magic realist]]" tradeetion, is famous for novels such as ''[[The House of the Spirits]]'' (''La casa de los espíritus'', 1982) an ''[[City of the Beasts]]'' (''La ciudad de las bestias'', 2002), which hae been commercially successful. Allende haes been cried "the warld's maist widely read Spainyie-leid author".<ref name="Cer1">[http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=346023&CategoryId=13003 ''Isabel Allende Named to Council of Cervantes Institute.'' Latin American Herald Tribune. 23 October 2009]</ref> In 2004, Allende wis inductit intae the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artsandletters.org/academicians2_current.php |title=American Academy of Arts and Letters - Current Members |publisher=Artsandletters.org |date= |accessdate=2012-12-21}}</ref> an in 2010, she receivit Chile's [[:en:Chilean National Prize for Literature|Naitional Leeteratur Prize]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latercera.com/noticia/cultura/2010/09/1453-288788-9-isabel-allende-gana-el-premio-nacional-de-literatura-tras-fuerte-campana-de.shtml |title=Isabel Allende gana el Premio Nacional de Literatura tras intenso lobby | Cultura |publisher=La Tercera |date=1990-01-01 |accessdate=2012-12-21}}</ref>
Allende's novels are aften based upon her personal experience an pay homage tae the lives o weemen, while weavin thegither elements o meeth an realism. She haes lectured an toured mony American colleges tae teach leeteratur. Fluent in Inglis as a seicont leid, Allende wis grantit American ceetizenship in 2003, haein livit in Californie wi her American husband syne 1989.
== Awairds ==
* Novel of the Year (Chile, 1983)
* ''Panorama Literario'' (Chile, 1983)
* Author of the Year (Germany, 1984)
* Book of the Year (Germany, 1984)
* ''Grand Prix d'Evasion'' (France, 1984)
* ''Grand Prix de la Radio Télévision Belge'' (Point de Mire, 1985)
* Best Novel (Mexico, 1985)
* Colima Literary Prize (Mexico, 1986)
* Quality Paperback Book Club New Voice (United States; 1986 nominee)
* Author of the Year (Germany, 1986)
* ''XV Premio Internazionale I Migliori Dell'Anno'' (Italy, 1987)
* ''Premio Mulheres a la Mejor Novela Extranjera'' (Portugal, 1987)
* [[Los Angeles Times]] Book Prize nominee (United States, 1987)
* Library Journal's Best Book (United States, 1988)
* Before Columbus Foundation Award (United States, 1989)
* ''Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural'' [[Gabriela Mistral]] (Chile, 1990)
* XLI Bancarella Literary Prize (Italy, 1993)
* Independent Foreign Fiction Award (England, June–July 1993)
* Brandeis University Major Book Collection Award (United States, 1993)
* Feminist of the Year Award, The Feminist; Majority Foundation (United States, 1994)
* Chevalier des Artes et des Lettres distinction (France, 1994)
* Critics' Choice (United States, 1996)
* Books to Remember, American Library Assoc. (United States, 1996)
* [[Hispanic Heritage Foundation|Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature]] (United States, 1996).<ref>{{cite web|title=Hispanic Heritage Awards for Literature|url=http://www.hispanicheritage.org/hispanic_search.php?name=&opt2=10&opt3=0&x=6&y=10|publisher=Hispanic Heritage Foundation|accessdate=11 January 2011}}</ref>
* ''Malaparte Amici di Capri'' (Italy, 1998)
* ''Donna Citta Di Roma'' (Italy, 1998)
* [[Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize]] (United States, 1998)
* Sara Lee Foundation (United States, 1998)
* ''Premio Iberoamericano de Letras [[José Donoso]]'', [[University of Talca]] (Chile, 2003)
* ''Premio Honoris Causa, Università di Trento en "lingue e letteratura moderne euroamericane"'' (Trento, Italy, May 2007)
* [[Chilean National Prize for Literature]] (Chile, 2010)
* [[Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award]] (Denmark, 20<!--See [[Talk:Hans_Christian_Andersen_Literature_Award#Isabel_Allende_2011_vs_2012]]-->12)<ref>{{cite web |title=Isabel Allende Wins the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award |url=http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/isabel-allende-wins-the-hans-christian-andersen-literature-award/8577/ |work=[[Hispanically Speaking News]] |date=June 28, 2011 |accessdate=August 16, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/article.php/id-41191156:allende-f%C3%A5r-hc-andersenpris.html |title=Allende får H.C. Andersen-pris |work=Nyhederne |author=Trine Fisker |date=June 28, 2011 |language=Danish |accessdate=December 21, 2012}}</ref>
== Works ==
* ''[[The House of the Spirits]]'' (1982) ''La casa de los espíritus''
* ''[[The Porcelain Fat Lady]]'' (1984) ''La gorda de porcelana''
* ''[[Of Love and Shadows]]'' (1985) ''De amor y de sombra''
* ''[[Eva Luna]]'' (1987) ''Eva Luna''
* ''[[The Stories of Eva Luna]]'' (1989) ''Cuentos de Eva Luna''
* ''[[The Infinite Plan]]'' (1991) ''El plan infinito''
* ''[[Paula (novel)|Paula]]'' (1994) ''Paula''
* ''Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses'' (1998) ''Afrodita''
* ''[[Daughter of Fortune]]'' (1999) ''Hija de la fortuna''
* ''[[Portrait in Sepia]]'' (2000) ''Retrato en sepia''
* ''[[City of the Beasts]]'' (2002) ''La ciudad de las bestias''
* ''My Invented Country: A Memoir'' (2003) ''Mi país inventado''
* ''[[Kingdom of the Golden Dragon]]'' (2004) ''El reino del dragón de oro''
* ''[[Zorro (novel)|Zorro]]'' (2005) ''El Zorro: Comienza la leyenda''
* ''[[Forest of the Pygmies]]'' (2005) ''El bosque de los pigmeos''
* ''[[Ines of My Soul]]'' (2006) ''Inés del alma mía''
* ''The Sum of Our Days: A Memoir'' (2008) ''La suma de los días''
* ''[[The Island Beneath the Sea]]'' (2010) ''La isla bajo el mar''
* ''Maya's Notebook'' (2011) ''El Cuaderno de Maya''
* ''Ripper'' (2014) ''El juego de Ripper ''
== Ither contributions ==
*"Afterword", ''[[Tales of Zorro]]'', editit bi [[Richard Dean Starr]], [[Moonstone Books]], 2008
*''La Gorda de Porcelana'', 1984
*''[[Santiago Files]]'', 2011 (Interviewee)
== Notes ==
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== Sources ==
* Main, Mary. ''Isabel Allende, Award-Winning Latin American Author''. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Pub., 2005. – ISBN 0-7660-2488-1
* Bautista Gutierrez, Gloria and Norma Corrales-Martin. ''Pinceladas Literarias Hispanoamericanas''. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2004.
== Freemit airitns ==
{{Commons|Isabel Allende}}
*{{official website|http://www.isabelallende.com}} (Inglis an Spainyie)
*[http://www.isabelallendefoundation.org Isabel Allende Foundation] (Inglis an Spainyie)
*{{IMDb name|0021196|Isabel Allende}}
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*{{TED|speakers/isabel_allende.html|Isabel Allende}}
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