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{{short description|Chilean-American writer (born 1942)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name             = Isabel Allende
| image            = Isabel Allende Frankfurter Buchmesse 2015 (cropped).JPG
| caption          = Allende in Germany, 2015
| birth_name       = Isabel Angélica Allende Llona
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1942|8|2}}
| birth_place      = [[Lima]], [[Peru]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isabelallende.com/en/timeline#1942|title=Isabel Allende – Timeline|date=2019|publisher=Isabel Allende|access-date=25 March 2020|quote=1942: Isabel Allende born August 2 in Lima, where her father, Tomás Allende, a Chilean diplomat and first cousin of [[Salvador Allende]], is stationed. Her mother, Francisca Llona (known as Doña Panchita) is the daughter of Isabel Barros Moreira and Agustín Llona Cuevas.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325022040/http://www.isabelallende.com/en/timeline#2019|archive-date=25 March 2020}}</ref>
| occupation       = {{hlist |Author |journalist}}
| language         = Spanish
| nationality      = 
| citizenship      = {{hlist|Chile|United States}}
| spouses          = {{marriage|Miguel Frías|1962|1987|end=divorce}}<ref name="isabelallende.com" /><br/>{{marriage|William C. Gordon|1988|2015|end=divorce}}<ref name="walker2015" /><br/>{{marriage|Roger Cukras|2019}}<ref name="timeline2019" />
| children         = [[Paula Frías Allende]]<br/>Nicolás Frías Allende
| relatives        = [[Allende family]]
| awards           = {{ubl
                  | [[National Prize for Literature (Chile)|National Prize for Literature]]
                  | [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]<ref name="schulman2014" />
                  }}
| website          = {{URL|http://www.isabelallende.com}}
| signature        = Isabel Allende signature firma.svg
}}
'''Isabel Angélica Allende Llona''' ({{IPA|es|isaˈβel aˈʝende|lang|Isabel Allende.ogg}}; born 2 August 1942) is a Chilean-American<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://bigthink.com/ideas/20489|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221101308/http://bigthink.com/videos/big-think-interview-with-isabel-allende|archive-date=21 December 2013|title=Isabel Allende: "Big Think Interview with Isabel Allende" June 16, 2010"|work=[[Big Think]]|access-date=24 November 2014|quote=''Question:'' Why did you choose to move to the U.S. and become a citizen?<br/ >''Isabel Allende:'' Yes, I came to the United States because I fell in love and I forced my guy—I forced him into marriage. And so I became a resident.  And then I realized that I couldn't bring my children. I couldn't sponsor my children if I wasn't a citizen.  So I became a citizen. But by then, I had learned to love this country; I have received a lot from this country. I'm very critical, but at the same time I'm very grateful. And I want to give back. I belong here.|date=3 May 2010|first=Priya|last=George}}</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 /> {{Verse translation|lang=es-cl|''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.''|''I come to Chile at least three times a year, I communicate with Chile every day through Skype with my mother, I know what is happening and when they ask me 'what are you' I automatically say 'Chilean'. I live in America, but I feel deeply Chilean in the way of living, of being: I am bossy, messy, dominant, intrusive, hospitable, tribal.''}} (Isabel Allende)</ref> writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the [[magic realism|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 successful. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author."<ref name="Cer1">{{cite news|url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=346023&CategoryId=13003|title=Latin American Herald Tribune - Isabel Allende Named to Council of Cervantes Institute|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430032920/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=346023&CategoryId=13003|archive-date=30 April 2011|work=[[Latin American Herald Tribune]]|access-date=11 November 2017|quote=[[Madrid|MADRID]] – [[Council of Ministers (Spain)|Spain’s Cabinet]] announced Friday the appointment of Isabel Allende, the world’s most widely read Spanish-language author, to the Council of the [[Instituto Cervantes|Cervantes Institute]], whose mission is promoting the language, literature and culture of the Iberian nation.}}</ref> In 2004, Allende was inducted into 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 |access-date=21 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624004136/http://www.artsandletters.org/academicians2_current.php |archive-date=24 June 2016 }}</ref> and in 2010, she received Chile's [[National Prize for Literature (Chile)|National Literature 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 &#124; Cultura |website=La Tercera |date=1 January 1990 |access-date=21 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728154319/http://www.latercera.com/noticia/cultura/2010/09/1453-288788-9-isabel-allende-gana-el-premio-nacional-de-literatura-tras-fuerte-campana-de.shtml |archive-date=28 July 2013}}</ref> President [[Barack Obama]] awarded her the 2014 [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]].<ref name="schulman2014">{{Cite web|first=Kori|last=Schulman|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/11/10/president-obama-announces-presidential-medal-freedom-recipients|title=President Obama Announces the Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients|date=10 November 2014|website=whitehouse.gov|language=en|access-date=25 March 2020|quote=The following individuals will be awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] in a ceremony at the White House on 24 November 2014: ... Isabel Allende is a highly acclaimed author of 21 books that have sold 65 million copies in 35 languages. She has been recognized with numerous awards internationally. She received the prestigious [[National Prize for Literature (Chile)|National Literary Award in Chile]], her country of origin, and is a member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]].}}</ref>

Allende's novels are often based upon her personal experience and historical events and pay homage to the lives of women, while weaving together elements of myth and realism. She has lectured and toured U.S. colleges to teach literature. Fluent in English, Allende was granted United States citizenship in 1993, having lived in [[California]] since 1989.

== Early life==
Allende was born in [[Lima]], [[Peru]], in 1942, the daughter of Francisca Llona Barros called "Doña Panchita" (the daughter of Agustín Llona Cuevas and Isabel Barros Moreira, of [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] descent) and Tomás Allende, who was at the time a second secretary at the Chilean embassy. Her father Tomás was a first cousin of [[Salvador Allende]], President of Chile from 1970 to 1973.<ref name="Review">"Review: The undefeated: A life in writing. Often compared to [[Gabriel García Márquez]], Isabel Allende is more interested in telling stories about her own life, her difficult upbringing, marriage, and her daughter's death.'"Aida Edemariam. ''[[The Guardian]]'' (London) p. 11. 28 April 2007 [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/apr/28/isabelallende.fiction Isabel Allende website]</ref><ref>Christian, Shirley (5 June 1990), "Santiago Journal; Allende's Widow Meditates Anew on a Day in '73", ''[[The New York Times]]''. Section A; p. 4, Column 3; Foreign Atlas.</ref><ref>Ross, Veronica (3 March 2007), ''Sewing didn't cut it for Inés'', ''[[Guelph Mercury]]'' (Ontario, Canada). Books; p. C5.</ref>

In 1945, after Tomás left them,<ref name="Review"/> Isabel's mother relocated with her three children to [[Santiago]], Chile, where they lived until 1953.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ojito|first=Mirta|author-link=Mirta Ojito|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/28/books/a-writer-s-heartbeats-answer-two-calls.html|title=A Writer's Heartbeats Answer Two Calls|date=28 July 2003|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}. The article notes that Allende has been told that her father left them and that due to Chile's anti-divorce laws, Allende's mother could not divorce Tomás. Her mother, 83 when the article was published, and her stepfather, 87 at the time, have lived together for 57 years, but they are still not recognized in Chile as married.</ref><ref name="isabelallende.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.isabelallende.com/roots_timeline_001.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213022500/http://isabelallende.com/roots_timeline_001.htm |title=Isabel Allende |website=Isabelallende.com |access-date=11 November 2017 |quote=''1962'' Isabel marries Miguel Frías.}}</ref> In 1953 Allende's mother married Ramón Huidobro and the family moved often. Huidobro was a diplomat appointed to Bolivia and Beirut. In [[La Paz]], [[Bolivia]], Allende attended an American private school; and in [[Beirut, Lebanon]], she attended an English private school. The family returned to Chile in 1958, where Allende was also briefly home-schooled. In her youth, she read widely, particularly the works of [[William Shakespeare]].<ref>{{Cite book|oclc=793578915|title=Living with Shakespeare : essays by writers, actors, and directors|last=Carson|first= Susannah|year=2013|isbn=978-0-307-74291-9|location=New York}}</ref>

In 1970, Salvador Allende appointed Huidobro as ambassador to Argentina.<ref name="isabelallende.com"/>

==Career==
Before writing books, Allende worked with the [[United Nations]] [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] in [[Santiago]], then in [[Brussels]], and elsewhere in Europe from 1959 to 1965. For a short time in Chile, she also had a job translating romance novels from English to Spanish.<ref name="Companion">{{cite book |last=Cox |first=Karen Castellucci |year=2003 |url=http://www.questiaschool.com/read/111670240?title=Isabel%20Allende%3A%20%20A%20Critical%20Companion |title=Isabel Allende: A Critical Companion |publisher=Greenwood Press |pages=2–4 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 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]] ending to allow the heroines to find more independence and do good in the world.<ref name="alter2010">{{Cite news|last=Alter|first=Alexandra|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704448304575196020575568424 |title=Isabel Allende on Superstition and Memory |date=25 May 2010 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=23 April 2010|page=W4|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660|quote=... she often changed the dialogue and endings to make the heroines seem smarter.}}</ref>

=== Exile in Venezuela ===
In 1973, [[Salvador Allende]] was overthrown in a [[1973 Chilean coup d'état|coup]] led by General [[Augusto Pinochet]].<ref name=Norton>{{Cite book|last1=Puchner|first1=Martin|title=The Norton anthology of world literature|last2=Akbari|first2=Suzanne Conklin|last3=Denecke|first3=Wiebke|last4=Fuchs|first4=Barbara|last5=Levine|first5=Caroline|last6=Lewis|first6=Pericles|last7=Wilson|first7=Emily R|isbn=978-0-393-60281-4|language=en|oclc=1019855443|year=2018|location=New York|pages=1133–1141}}</ref> Isabel found herself arranging safe passage for people on the "wanted lists", which she continued to do until her mother and stepfather narrowly escaped assassination. When she herself was added to the list and began receiving death threats, she fled to Venezuela, where she stayed for 13 years.<ref name="Review" /><ref name="ojito2003">{{Cite news|last=Ojito|first=Mirta|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/28/books/a-writer-s-heartbeats-answer-two-calls.html|title=A Writer's Heartbeats Answer Two Calls|date=28 July 2003|work=The New York Times|quote=The only relative on her father's side with whom Ms. Allende had remained close was [[Salvador Allende]], the country's democratically-elected Socialist president, who died in the military coup of Sept. 11, 1973 led by [[Augusto Pinochet]]. Two years later Ms. Allende – by then a wife, the mother of two children and a journalist – fled to Venezuela.}}</ref> It was during this time that Allende wrote her debut novel ''The House of the Spirits'' (1982). Allende has stated  her move from Chile made her a serious writer: "I don't think I would be a writer if I had stayed in Chile. I would be trapped in the chores, in the family, in the person that people expected me to be." Allende believed that, being female in a patriarchal family, she was not expected to be a "liberated" person.<ref name=Norton /> Her history of oppression and liberation is thematically found in much of her fiction, where women contest the ideals of patriarchal leaders.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dulfano|first=Isabel|date=October 2013|title=A Response to Isabel Allende's Tanner Humanities Center Human Values Speech|journal=Women's Studies|volume=42|issue=7|pages=816–826|doi=10.1080/00497878.2013.820615|s2cid=145191631|issn=0049-7878}}</ref> In Venezuela she was a columnist for ''[[El Nacional (Caracas)|El Nacional]]'', a major national newspaper.<ref name="correaguatarasma2014">{{cite web |last=Correa Guatarasma |first=Andrés|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/internacional/140415/isabel-allende-mis-mejores-amigos-son-venezolanos|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425123141/https://www.eluniversal.com/internacional/140415/isabel-allende-mis-mejores-amigos-son-venezolanos|date=15 April 2014|archive-date=25 April 2014|title=Isabel Allende: "mis mejores amigos son venezolanos"|trans-title=Isabel Allende: "my best friends are Venezuelans"|location=[[Caracas]]|publisher=[[El Universal (Caracas)|Eluniversal.com]]|access-date=11 November 2017}}{{Verse translation|lang=es|'''¿Cómo resume su vida de exilio en Caracas?'''<br />Los chilenos nos beneficiamos de Venezuela como miles de miles de otros de Argentina, Uruguay. En ese momento Venezuela era el segundo país más rico del mundo. Era un país generoso, abierto. Por eso siento mucho dolor con lo que está pasando. Tengo muchos amigos allí, mi hijo se casó con una venezolana, mis nietos nacieron en Venezuela, mi hermano con toda su familia vive en Venezuela. Mis mejores amigos son de Venezuela.|'''How do you summarize your life in exile in Caracas?'''<br />We Chileans benefit from Venezuela like thousands of thousands of others from Argentina, [[Uruguay]]. At that time Venezuela was the [[Economy of Venezuela#1960s–1990s|second richest country]] in the world. It was a generous, open country. So I feel a lot of pain with what is happening. I have many friends there, my son married a Venezuelan, my grandchildren were born in Venezuela, my brother lives in Venezuela with his whole family. My best friends are from Venezuela.}}</ref>

===Journalism===
[[File:Girl Power at TED conference 2007 by jurvetson.jpg|thumb|250px|Allende (in red, 3rd L to R), 2007, at [[TED (conference)|TED]] in California, flanked (L to R) by [[June Cohen]], [[Lakshmi Pratury]] and [[Tracy Chapman]]]]
Beginning in 1967, Allende was on the editorial staff of ''Paula'' magazine and the children's magazine [[Mampato]] from 1969 to 1974, where she later became the editor.<ref name="Glance">{{Cite news|first=Maya|last=Jaggi|author-link=Maya Jaggi|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/feb/05/isabelallende.fiction|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508221632/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/feb/05/isabelallende.fiction|url-status=live|archive-date=8 May 2014|title=''Life at a glance:'' A view from the bridge|date=5 February 2000|work=[[The Guardian]] Saturday Pages|location=London|page=6|access-date=25 March 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|quote='''Employment:''' Journalist, Paula Magazine, Santiago, 1967-74; [[Themo Lobos#Mampato magazine|Mampato Magazine]] 1969-74; [[Televisión Pública|Channel 7]] humorous programmes 1970–74; freelance, [[El Nacional (Venezuela)|El Nacional]], Caracas 1976–83. Administrator, Marrocco School, Caracas. 1979–83.}}</ref> She published two children's stories, "La Abuela 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 and 13 from 1970 to 1974.<ref name="Glance"/> As a journalist, she once sought an interview with poet [[Pablo Neruda]]. Neruda agreed to the interview, and he told her that she had too much imagination to be a journalist and should be a novelist instead.<ref name="Companion"/> He also advised her to compile her satirical columns in book form.{{r|alter2010|p=W4|quote=... interviewed Pablo Neruda, the poet told her that she'd make a better novelist than a reporter. "I think he saw that I was a liar. As a journalist I could not be objective. I would make up stories ... At the time I was hurt because he said I was the worst journalist.}} 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.

During her time in [[Venezuela]], Allende was a freelance journalist for ''[[El Nacional (Venezuela)|El Nacional]]'' in [[Caracas]] from 1976 to 1983 and an administrator of the Marrocco School in Caracas from 1979 to 1983.<ref name="Glance"/>

===Author===
In 1977, while in Caracas, Allende received a phone call informing her that her 99-year-old grandfather was near death, and she sat down to write him a letter, hoping to thereby "keep him alive, at least in spirit." The letter evolved into a book, ''[[The House of the Spirits]]'' (1982); this work intended to exorcise the ghosts of the [[Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990)|Pinochet dictatorship]]. The book was rejected by numerous Latin American publishers, but eventually published in [[Barcelona]]. The book soon ran to more than two dozen editions in Spanish and was translated into a score of languages. Allende was compared to [[Gabriel García Márquez]] as an author in the style known as [[magical realism]].<ref name="Review"/><ref name="levine2002">{{Cite book|last=Levine|first=Linda Gould|title=Isabel Allende|date=2002|publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Twayne Publishers]]|isbn=978-0-8057-1689-4|location=New York|language=en|oclc=48754834|pages=114–133}}</ref>

Although Allende is often cited as a practitioner of [[magical realism]], her works also display elements of [[Latin American Boom#Post-Boom|post-Boom literature]]. Allende also holds to a very strict writing routine.<ref>''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 González. ''[[The Boston Globe#Magazine|The Boston Globe Magazine]]''; p. 14. 25 April 1993.</ref> She writes on a computer, working Monday to Saturday, 09:00 to 19:00. "I always start on 8 January", Allende stated, "a tradition she began in 1981 with the letter she wrote to her dying grandfather that would become ''The House of the Spirits''."<ref>'' Allende, heroine 'Ines' are kindred spirits.'' Javier Erik Olvera. ''Inside Bay Area'' (California). Bay Area Living; Home and Garden. 25 November 2006.</ref>

Allende's book ''Paula'' (1995) is a memoir of her childhood in Santiago and the years she spent in exile. It is written as an anguished letter to her daughter. In 1991 an error in Paula's medication resulted in severe brain damage, leaving her in a persistent vegetative state.<ref name="hornblower1995">{{cite magazine |last=Hornblower|first=Margot|author-link=Margot Roosevelt|date=10 July 1995 |title=Grief and Rebirth |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983156,00.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722021357/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983156,00.html|archive-date=22 July 2014|url-status=live|magazine=Time |volume=146 |issue=2 |page=65 |access-date=2 November 2017 }}</ref> Allende spent months at Paula's bedside before learning that a hospital mishap had caused the brain damage. Allende had Paula moved to a hospital in California where she died on 6 December 1992.

Allende's novels have been translated into more than 42 languages and sold more than 77 million copies.<ref name="House">{{Cite news|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/this-old-house-opened-a-lot-of-doors-for-isabel-allende/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325040607/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/this-old-house-opened-a-lot-of-doors-for-isabel-allende/|archive-date=25 March 2020|title=This old "House" opened a lot of doors for Isabel Allende |department=Theater preview |first=Misha|last=Berson|page=H44 |date=1 June 2007|journal=[[The Seattle Times]]|publisher=[[The Seattle Times Company]]|language=en-US|access-date=25 March 2020|quote='I wrote that book exactly 25 years ago. It’s now the 25th anniversary of the book in Spanish. It opened the door for all my other books'". That is Isabel Allende talking about her breakthrough 1982 novel, "The House of the Spirits". The panoramic work chronicles the historical, mystical and the psychological forces in the life of a South American clan. And a play based on the international best-seller debuts next week [8 June 2007] in [[Seattle]].}}</ref> Her 2008 book, ''The Sum of Our Days'', is a memoir. It focuses on her life with her family, which includes her grown son, Nicolás; second husband, William Gordon; and several grandchildren.<ref name="House"/> A novel set in [[New Orleans]], ''[[Island Beneath the Sea]]'', was published in 2010. In 2011 came ''[[El cuaderno de Maya]]'' (''Maya's Notebook''), in which the setting alternates between [[Berkeley, California]], and [[Chiloé Archipelago|Chiloé]] in Chile, as well as [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]].

== Reception ==
''Latino Leaders Magazine'' called her a "literary legend" in a 2007 article naming her the third most influential Latino leader in the world.<ref name="Top"/>

Her work has drawn some negative criticism. In an article published in ''Entre paréntesis'', [[Roberto Bolaño]] called Allende's literature anemic, comparing it to "a person on his deathbed", and later called her "a writing machine, not a writer".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bolaño|first=Roberto|author-link=Roberto Bolaño|title=Entre paréntesis : ensayos, artículos y discursos (1998-2003)|date=2004|publisher=Editorial Anagrama|others=Echevarría, Ignacio.|isbn=84-339-6210-8|location=Barcelona|oclc=57244781|page=102}}</ref><ref>[[Roberto Bolaño|Bolaño, Roberto]]. Entre paréntesis, page 102: {{Verse translation|lang=es-cl|''Es decir la literatura de Allende es mala, pero está viva, es anémica, como muchos latinoamericanos, pero está viva. No va a vivir mucho tiempo, como muchos enfermos, pero ahora está viva.''|In other words, Allende's literature is bad, but it is alive, it is anemic, like many Latin Americans, but it is alive. It will not live long, like many sick people, but for now it is alive.}}</ref><ref name=clarin/> Literary critic [[Harold Bloom]] said that Allende only "reflects a determinate period, and that afterwards everybody will have forgotten her".<ref name= clarin>[http://www.clarin.com/diario/2003/02/09/s-04003.htm Los éxitos y las críticas] ''[[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]]''. 9 February 2003<br /> {{Verse translation|lang=es-cl|''Isabel Allende es una muy mala escritora y sólo refleja un período determinado. Después todos se olvidarán de ella.'' ([[Harold Bloom]])|Isabel Allende is a very bad writer and only reflects a certain period. Then everyone will forget about her.}}<br />{{Verse translation|lang=es-cl|''Me parece una mala escritora, simple y llanamente, y llamarla escritora es darle cancha. Ni siquiera creo que Isabel Allende sea una escritora, es una escribidora.'' ([[Roberto Bolaño]])|She seems to me to be a bad writer, plain and simple, and to call her a writer is to give her court. I don't even think Isabel Allende is a writer, she is a hack.<!-- https://context.reverso.net/translation/spanish-english/una+escribidora -->}}</ref><ref name="bloom2003">{{Cite book|title=Isabel Allende|series=Bloom's Modern Critical Views|date=2003|publisher=Chelsea House Publishers|author-link=Harold Bloom|last=Bloom|first=Harold.|isbn=0-7910-7039-5|location=[[Philadelphia]]|oclc=49991424}}</ref> Novelist [[Gonzalo Contreras]] said that "she commits a grave error, to confuse commercial success with literary quality".<ref>[http://www.icarito.cl/medio/articulo/0,0,3255_5700_39755205,00.html Isabel Allende critica duramente a escritores chilenos y desata polémica], ''[[La Tercera]]''. 9 February 2003<br />{{Verse translation|lang=es-cl|''Ella incurre en un gravísimo error, confundir éxito de ventas con calidad literaria.'' ([[Gonzalo Contreras]])|''She makes a huge mistake, mistaking bestseller for literary quality.''}}</ref>

Allende told ''[[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|El Clarín]]'' that she recognizes she has not always received good reviews in Chile, stating that Chilean intellectuals "detest" her. However, she disagrees with these assessments:

{{blockquote|text=The fact people think that when you sell a lot of books you are not a serious writer is a great insult to the readership. I get a little angry when people try to say such a thing. There was a review of my last book in one American paper by a professor of Latin American studies and he attacked me personally for the sole reason that I sold a lot of books. That is unforgivable.<ref name="donegan2013">{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/jul/13/familyandrelationships.healthandwellbeing1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928140702/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/jul/13/familyandrelationships.healthandwellbeing1|archive-date=28 September 2013|url-status=live|title= This much I know: Isabel Allende, writer, 65, San Francisco | first =Lawrence | last = Donegan |newspaper= The Guardian|access-date= 24 November 2014|date= 12 July 2008 }}</ref>}}

It has been said that "Allende's impact on Latin American and world literature cannot be overestimated."<ref name= "Top" /> The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called Allende "a genius",<ref name= "Top"/> and she has received many international awards, including the [[The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize|Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize]],<ref name= "Top"/> granted to writers "who have contributed to the beauty of the world".<ref name="Top"/>

==Celebrity==
[[File:Isabel Allende 2017-09-08.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Allende speaks to the [[City Club of Cleveland]], 8 September 2017.]]

In 2006, she was one of the eight flag bearers at the [[2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony#Words and Symbols|Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics]] in Turin, Italy.<ref name="TED2007">{{cite AV media|url=https://www.ted.com/talks/isabel_allende_tales_of_passion|title=TEDtalks: Isabel Allende Tells Tales of Passion|first=Isabel|last= Allende|date=March 2007|access-date=24 November 2014|quote=In the last 20 years I have published a few books, but I have lived in anonymity until February of 2006, when I carried the [[Olympic symbols#Different types of flags|Olympic flag]] in the [[2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony#Words and Symbols|Winter Olympics in Italy]]. That made me a celebrity. Now people recognize me in Macy's, and my grandchildren think that I'm cool. (Laughter)|minutes=1|publisher=[[TED (conference)|TED Conferences LLC (Technology, Entertainment, Design)]]}}</ref> She presented the talk ''Tales of Passion'' at [[TED (conference)|TED]] 2007.<ref name="TED2007"/> In 2008, Allende received the honorary degree [[Doctor of Humane Letters]] from [[San Francisco State University]] for her "distinguished contributions as a literary artist and humanitarian."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2008/spring/comm08.html#allende|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703214326/http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2008/spring/comm08.html#allende|archive-date=3 July 2008|date=27 May 2008|title=SF State celebrates 107th Commencement: Transcript " SF State News – San Francisco State University – Conferral of the Honorary Degree on Isabel Allende|publisher=[[San Francisco State University]]|access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref> In 1994, she was awarded the [[Premio Gabriela Mistral|Gabriela Mistral Order of Merit]], the first woman to receive this honor. In 2014, Allende received the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from [[Harvard University]] for her contributions to literature.

==Politics==
Although not as openly political as some of her contemporary writers, she expressed contempt for [[Donald Trump]] and his policies following his election in 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.democracynow.org/2017/11/7/acclaimed_chilean_writer_isabel_allende_on|title = Acclaimed Chilean Writer Isabel Allende on Death of Pablo Neruda, the 1973 Chilean Coup & Trump, New Novel, "In the Midst of Winter" Examines Immigrant Lives & Love| website=[[Democracy Now!]] |date=7 November 2017|access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref> and she [[List of Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign celebrity endorsements|later endorsed]] Democrat [[Joe Biden]] during the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CG2t2NYA2yn/|title = Las elecciones son en una semana el 3 de noviembre, así es que si puedes votar, VOTA!}}</ref> She has also regularly defended the record of her father's cousin, [[Salvador Allende]].

== Foundation ==
Allende started the Isabel Allende Foundation on 9 December 1996, in honor of her daughter, [[Paula Frías Allende]], who fell into a coma after complications of the disease [[porphyria]] led to her hospitalization.<ref name="rodden1999">{{Cite web|url=http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/etext/llilas/tpla/9901.html|date=1999|title=Texas Papers on Latin America {{!}} After Paula: An Interview with Isabel Allende|access-date=25 March 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901071703/http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/etext/llilas/tpla/9901.html|archive-date=1 September 2006|first=John|last=Rodden|publisher=[[Teresa Lozano Long]] Institute of Latin American Studies, [[University of Texas at Austin]]|id=Paper No. 99-01}}</ref> Paula was 29 years old when she died in 1992.<ref name="foundation2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.isabelallendefoundation.org/iaf.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119032624/http://isabelallende.org/iaf.php|date=2014|archive-date=19 November 2014|url-status=live|title=Our Story {{!}} Isabel Allende Foundation|access-date=24 November 2014|publisher=The Isabel Allende Foundation|quote=During her short life, [[Paula Frías Allende|Paula]] worked as a volunteer in poor communities in Venezuela and Spain, offering her time, her dedication and skills as an educator and psychologist. She cared deeply for others. When in doubt, her motto was: What is the most generous thing to do? My foundation, based on her ideals of service and compassion, was created to continue her work.}}</ref> The foundation is "dedicated to supporting programs that promote and preserve the fundamental rights of women and children to be empowered and protected."<ref name="Top">''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'' p. 24(27) Vol. 8, No. 4 {{ISSN|1529-3998}}. 1 June 2007.</ref>

==Personal life==
Allende had finished her secondary studies while living in Chile, when she met engineering student Miguel Frías whom she married in 1962.<ref name="isabelallende.com" /> They had two children, a son and a daughter. 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."<ref name="Review" /> Allende's and Frías's daughter [[Paula Frías Allende|Paula]] was born in 1963; she died in 1992 at age 29. In 1966, Allende again returned to Chile, where her son Nicolás was born that year.<ref name="Timeline2022">{{cite web |url=http://isabelallende.com/en/timeline |title=Isabel Allende Timeline |year=2022 |access-date=11 January 2022 |quote=Note years 1962, 1966, 1992 in timeline }}</ref> In 1978, she began a temporary separation from Frías. She lived in [[Spain]] for two months, then returned to her marriage.<ref name="roots002">{{cite web|url=http://www.isabelallende.com/roots_timeline_002.htm|title=Isabel Allende |website=Isabelallende.com|access-date=11 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213024941/http://isabelallende.com/roots_timeline_002.htm|archive-date=13 December 2010|url-status=dead|quote='''1978''' Temporary separation from Miguel Frías. [Isabel Allende] lives in Spain for two months, then returned to her marriage.}}</ref> She divorced Frías in 1987.

During a visit to California on a book tour in 1988, Allende met her second husband, California attorney and novelist William C. "Willie" Gordon. They married in July 1988.<ref name="timeline1988">{{Cite web|url=http://isabelallende.com/en/timeline#1988|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210230318/http://www.isabelallende.com/en/timeline#1988|archive-date=10 December 2017|url-status=live|title=Isabel Allende Timeline|website=isabelallende.com|access-date=17 July 2019|quote= Isabel marries Willie Gordon on 17 July 1988 in [[San Francisco]]. They live in nearby [[San Rafael, California|San Rafael]].}}</ref> She separated from Gordon in April 2015.<ref name="walker2015">{{Cite news|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/isabel-allende-the-japanese-fiction-comes-from-the-womb-not-the-brain-book-review-a6733596.html|url-status=live|archive-date=19 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119020943/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/isabel-allende-the-japanese-fiction-comes-from-the-womb-not-the-brain-book-review-a6733596.html|title = Isabel Allende, The Japanese Lover: 'Fiction comes from the womb, not the brain' – book review|last = Walker|first = Tim|date = 15 November 2015|work = [[The Independent]]|access-date = 16 January 2016|quote=''The Japanese Lover'' was written before Allende and Gordon separated in April [2015], after 27 years. As she completed the book, she says: "I was ending a marriage that had dragged on too long. It was a time for me to reflect upon love and relationships, romance and passion, ageing, memory, loss. The things that changed the direction of my life have been totally out of my control: my father abandoning me, my mother marrying a diplomat, the military coup, my daughter’s death".}}</ref>

In 2019, she married for the third time, to Roger Cukras, a lawyer from [[New York City|New York]].<ref name="timeline2019">{{Cite web|url=http://www.isabelallende.com/en/timeline#2019|title=Isabel Allende – Timeline  |date=2019|publisher=Isabel Allende|access-date=25 March 2020|quote=In July [2019,] Isabel marries Roger Cukras in an intimate ceremony in Washington, D.C.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325022040/http://www.isabelallende.com/en/timeline#2019|archive-date=25 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Beatriz Miranda|url=https://www.elmundo.es/loc/2017/06/10/593ac47a46163fbc5a8b4586.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325015030/https://www.elmundo.es/loc/2017/06/10/593ac47a46163fbc5a8b4586.html|archive-date=25 March 2020|title=Así es Roger Cukras, el nuevo amor de Isabel Allende al que dedica su última novela|trans-title=This is Roger Cukras, the new love of Isabel Allende to whom he dedicates his last novel|date=10 June 2017|publisher=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]|language=es|access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref> Allende resides in [[San Rafael, California]]. Most of her family lives nearby, with her son, his second wife, and her grandchildren just down the hill, in the house she and her second husband vacated.<ref name="Review" />

== Awards ==
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| video1 = [https://www.ted.com/talks/isabel_allende_tales_of_passion Isabel Allende: Tales of passion], 18:00, [[TED (conference)|TED Talks]] (2007)
| video2 = {{YouTube|id=q63gKvEFykU#t=4m10s|title=Isabel Allende, "Maya's Notebook"}}, 56:00, talk begins at 4:10, UC Berkeley Events (2013)
| video3 = {{YouTube|OZB94Q4Wkl8|Isabel Allende: A Literary Life}}, 23:30, [[National Geographic Channel|National Geographic]] (2013)
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* 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)
* [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Chevalier des Artes et des Lettres]] distinction (France, 1994)
* Critics' Choice (United States, 1996)
* Books to Remember, [[American Library Association]] (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|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011053411/http://hispanicheritage.org/hispanic_det.php?id=51|archive-date=11 October 2011|publisher=Hispanic Heritage Foundation|access-date=11 January 2011|quote=''HHA Honorees:'' 1996 ; ''Isabel Allende'' ; '''Literature''' ; Isabel Allende is the 1996 Hispanic Heritage Award Honoree in Literature. Ms. Allende is the author of several best-selling novels and short stories. She is able to blend her female perspective with the beautiful magic realism of Latin creativity.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Snodgrass|first=Mary Ellen|author-link=Mary Ellen Snodgrass|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4FbmtDCGnUMC&pg=PA17|title=Isabel Allende: A Literary Companion|date=19 February 2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-7127-0|language=en|quote=Summer 1996:... More honors from the U.S. Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature and the [[American Library Association]] Books to Remember boosted her name recognition.}}</ref>
* ''Malaparte Amici di Capri'' (Italy, 1998)
* ''Donna Citta Di Roma'' (Italy, 1998)
* [[The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize|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)
* Inaugural class of winner of the [[Great Immigrants Award]] named by [[Carnegie Corporation of New York]] (July 2006)<ref>{{Cite web |title=2006 Great Immigrants: Isabel Allende |url=https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/isabel-allende/}}</ref>
* ''Premio Honoris Causa, Università di Trento en "lingue e letteratura moderne euroamericane"'' (Trento, Italy, May 2007)
* [[National Prize for Literature (Chile)|Chilean National Prize for Literature]] (Chile, 2010)
* [[Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction]] (USA, 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=28 June 2011 |access-date=16 August 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627041420/http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/isabel-allende-wins-the-hans-christian-andersen-literature-award/8577/ |archive-date=27 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
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}}{{Verse translation |lang=da-dk |Fysisk rager Isabel Allende ikke særlig højt op i billedet, men gennem mange år har hun haft stor litterær betydning for læsere over hele verden. Derfor er det en stolt priskomité, der fortæller Fyens Stiftstidende, at den chilenskfødte forfatter har sagt ja til i september næste år at modtage H.C. Andersen Litteraturpris 2012 i Odense. ... <br /><br />Det er anden gang, H.C. Andersen Litteraturpris uddeles til en kvinde med sans for det magiske. I oktober 2010 gik prisen, der er på 500.000 kroner, til den skotske fantasy-forfatter, J.K. Rowling - Harry Potters mor. |Physically, Isabel Allende is not very prominent in the picture, but for many years she has had a great literary significance for readers all over the world. Therefore, it is a proud prize committee that tells [[Fyens Stiftstidende]] that the Chilean-born author has agreed to receive the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize 2012 in [[Odense]] in September next year. ... <br /><br />This is the second time that Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize has been awarded to a woman with a sense of magic. In October 2010, the [[Danish krone|DKK]] 500,000 prize went to Scottish fantasy writer [[J. K. Rowling|JK Rowling]] - Harry Potter's mother.}}</ref>
* [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] (United States, 2014)<ref name="chronicle2014">{{cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/nation/article/Medal-of-Freedom-honors-achievements-of-18-5915131.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325103309/https://www.sfchronicle.com/nation/article/Medal-of-Freedom-honors-achievements-of-18-5915131.php|archive-date=25 March 2020|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|date=24 November 2014|title=Obama awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to 18|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=24 November 2014|quote=[President] Obama praised the accomplishments of winners who overcame hardship to achieve success, including novelist Isabel Allende, who was exiled from her home country of Chile by a military government.}}</ref>
* [[Anisfield-Wolf Book Award]]: Lifetime Achievement (United States, 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anisfield-wolf.org/books/the-house-of-the-spirits/|title=Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - The 82nd Annual|website=Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - The 82nd Annual|access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref>
* [[100 Women (BBC)|BBC 100 Women]] (United Kingdom, 2018)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-46225037|title=BBC 100 Women 2018: Who is on the list?|date=19 November 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=23 July 2019|language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[National Book Foundation]] [[National Book Award#Medal for Distinguished Contribution (lifetime)|Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters]] (United States, 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalbook.org/nbf-to-present-lifetime-achievement-award-to-acclaimed-author-isabel-allende/|title=NBF to honor Isabel Allende with lifetime achievement award|url-status=live|archive-date=20 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020210327/https://www.nationalbook.org/nbf-to-present-lifetime-achievement-award-to-acclaimed-author-isabel-allende/|date=20 September 2018|website=National Book Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=20 October 2019|quote=''Author and [[Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction#2000s|Pulitzer Prize finalist]] [[Luis Alberto Urrea|Luís Alberto Urrea]] to present Medal to Allende'' ... The National Book Foundation announced it will award Isabel Allende with its 2018 [[National Book Award#Medal for Distinguished Contribution (lifetime)|Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters]] (DCAL).}}</ref>
*Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.) from [[Whittier College]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whittier.edu/alumni/poetnation/honorary|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325033950/https://www.whittier.edu/alumni/poetnation/honorary|archive-date=25 March 2020|title=Honorary Degrees {{!}} Whittier College|publisher=[[Whittier College]]|access-date=6 February 2020|quote=''Year:'' 2007; ''Honored:'' Isabel Allende, Writer; ''Degree Granted:'' Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.)}}</ref>

== Works ==

=== Fiction ===
* ''[[The House of the Spirits]]'' (1982) ''La casa de los espíritus''
* ''[[The Porcelain Fat Lady]]'' (1984) ''La gorda de porcelana''
* ''[[Of Love and Shadows (novel)|Of Love and Shadows]]'' (1985) ''De amor y de sombra''
* ''[[Eva Luna]]'' (1987) ''Eva Luna''
* ''Two Words'' (1989) ''Dos Palabras''
* ''[[The Stories of Eva Luna]]'' (1989) ''Cuentos de Eva Luna''
* ''[[The Infinite Plan]]'' (1991) ''El plan infinito''
* ''[[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''
* ''[[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''
* ''[[Island Beneath the Sea]]'' (2010) ''La isla bajo el mar''
* ''Maya's Notebook'' (2011) ''El Cuaderno de Maya''
* ''Ripper'' (2014) ''El juego de Ripper ''
* ''[[The Japanese Lover]]'' (2015) ''El amante japonés''
* ''[[In the Midst of Winter]]'' (2017) ''Más allá del invierno'' {{ISBN|1501178156}}
* ''[[A Long Petal of the Sea]]'' (2019) ''Largo pétalo de mar''
* ''[[Violeta (novel)|Violeta]]'' (2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Violeta |url=https://www.penguinlibros.com/es/literatura-contemporanea/256798-libro-violeta-9788401027475 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120214943/https://www.penguinlibros.com/es/literatura-contemporanea/256798-libro-violeta-9788401027475 |archive-date=20 November 2021 |access-date=28 December 2021 |website=Penguin Libros ES}}</ref>
* ''The Wind Knows My Name'' (2023)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=Lauren |date=3 June 2023 |title=Isabel Allende Has a Message: History Repeats Itself |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/03/books/review/the-wind-knows-my-name-isabel-allende.html |access-date=11 July 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Avilés |first=Marcela Davison |date=10 June 2023 |title='The Wind Knows My Name' is a reference and a refrain in the search for home |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/06/10/1180103464/book-review-isabel-allende-novel-the-wind-knows-my-name}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Beauregard |first=Luis Pablo |date=9 July 2023 |title=Isabel Allende: 'In Chile, people are longing for a Bukele. I say to them: be careful, that's how we got Pinochet' |url=https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-07-08/isabel-allende-in-chile-people-are-longing-for-a-bukele-i-say-to-them-be-careful-thats-how-we-got-pinochet.html |access-date=11 July 2023 |website=EL PAÍS English |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Allende |first=Isabel |date=11 July 2023 |title=Help! I Wrote to Prudie for Advice and Isabel Allende Answered. |language=en-US |work=Slate |url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/07/isabel-allende-husband-widow-heart-dear-prudence-advice.html |access-date=11 July 2023 |issn=1091-2339}}</ref>
* ''My Name Is Emilia del Valle'' (2025) ''Mi nombre es Emilia del Valle''

=== Nonfiction ===
* ''[[Paula (novel)|Paula]]'' (1994) ''Paula''  {{ISBN|0060927216}}
* ''Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses'' (1998) ''Afrodita''
* ''My Invented Country: A Memoir'' (2003) ''Mi país inventado''
* ''The Sum of Our Days'' (2007) ''La suma de los días''
* ''The Soul of a Woman'' (2021) ''Mujeres del alma mía'' {{ISBN|9780593355626}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Sources ==
* Main, Mary. ''Isabel Allende, Award-Winning Latin American Author''. Berkeley Heights, NJ: [[Enslow Publishing]], 2005. – {{ISBN|0-7660-2488-1}}
* Bautista Gutierrez, Gloria, and Norma Corrales-Martin. ''Pinceladas Literarias Hispanoamericanas''. Hoboken, NJ: [[Wiley (publisher)|Wiley]], 2004.

== External links ==
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* {{Official website|http://www.isabelallende.com}} (English and Spanish)
* [http://www.literaturfestival.com/archive/participants/authors/2007/isabel-allende?set_language=en Isabel Allende at the international literature festival berlin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731075953/http://www.literaturfestival.com/archive/participants/authors/2007/isabel-allende?set_language=en |date=31 July 2017 }}
* [http://www.isabelallendefoundation.org Isabel Allende Foundation] (English and Spanish)
* {{IMDb name|0021196}}
* {{ISFDB name|Isabel_Allende}}
* {{TED speaker}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname= Isabel Allende}}
* {{C-SPAN|50978}}
*[https://www.loc.gov/item/99470362/ Isabel Allende] recorded at the Library of Congress for the Hispanic Division's audio literary archive on
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