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ISABEL ALLENDE
Amanda Nothstine Lit 234
Born Isabel Allende Llona on
August 2, 1942 in Lima Peru
In 2010 She received Chile’s
National Literature Prize
In 2004 She was inducted
into the American Academy of
Arts and Letters
Became an American citizen
in 2003 and currently resides
in California with her husband
FOUNDATION
• In 1996 Allende
started the Isabel
Allende Foundation
• She wanted to
support programs
that promote and
preserve the
fundamental rights
of women and
children to be
empowered and
protected.
LITERACY CAREER
Magical Realism • “Magical Realism is
characterized as by two
conflicting perspective,
one based on a rational
view of reality and the
other on the acceptance
of the supernatural as
prosaic reality”.
• Isabel uses this style of writing in the majority of her works.
• Books have been translated in over 30 languages and sold more than 56 million copies
• There have been 3 movies made in correlation to her books.• Aphrodite, Eva Luna, and Gift
for a Sweetheart
AWARDS Author of the Year 1984, 1986
Novel of the Year 1983, Book of the Year 1984
Best Novel 1985
Feminist of the Year Award 1994
Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature 1996
Chilean National Prize for Literature 2010
Hans Christina Anderson Literature Award
2011
NOVELS The House of Spirits The Porcelain Fat Lady
Of Love and Shadows The Stories of Eva Luna Eva
Luna
The Infinite Plan Daughter of Fortune
Paula
Portrait in Sepia City of the Beasts
Zorro
My Invented Country Kingdom of the Golden Dragon
Forest of the Pygmies The Sum of Our Days Ines of My
Soul
The Island Beneath the Sea El Cuaderno de Maya
Works Cited • "Isabel Allende." Wikipedia, the Free
Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, 25 July 2011. Web. 25 July 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Allende>.
• Moore, Lindsay. "Travel.html." Emory University---English Department "Where Courageous Inquiry Leads" 1998. Web. 25 July 2011. <http://english.emory.edu/Bahri/MagicalRealism.html>.