Isabel Allende August 2, 1942 --- INTRO… SLIDE 1 Peruvian Journalist and Author.
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IsabelAllende
August 2, 1942 ---
INTRO… SLIDE 1
Peruvian
Journalistand Author
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Born: Lima, PeruParents: Tomas Allende and Francisca Llona Barros,
Chilean Ambassadors to PeruSiblings: two brothers
BIO… SLIDE 2
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Education: private schools in Lebanon and Chile; homeschooled
First Marriage: to Miguel Frias, an “anglophile”Early Jobs: translator of romance novels (fired for
making female characters stronger in dialogue, character and endings)Children: Paula (1963-1992) who died of porphyria, and Nicolas (1966)
BIO… SLIDE 3
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Second Marriage: attorney Willie Gordon; met in California
Later Jobs: journalist for magazines and newspapers; writer of
children’s books
BIO… SLIDE 4
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OVERCOMING GREAT ODDS…
• Father “disappears” when Isabel is only three
• Uncle is assassinated
• Political fugitive in Venezuela for 13 years
OBSTACLES… SLIDE 5
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OBSTACLES… SLIDE 6
Daughter dies at the age of 29
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Created on December 9, 1996, this organization pays homage to Paula Frias, Isabel’s daughter, who passed away on
December 6, 1992. The Foundation primarily supports organizations that help women and
children in need by providing education, healthcare, protection and the means to
empowerment.
The Isabel Allende Foundation
GREATEST CONT… SLIDE 7
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• Author of 16 novels, translated into 30 languages
and selling more than 51 million copies• Movies in the Making from three books• Winner of numerous awards, including The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Award
GREATEST CONT… SLIDE 8
Allende is considered to be part of the
Latin American feminist literary
awakening.
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Allende Only writes from 9 AM to 7 PM, is very Monday-Saturday, superstitious! starting on January 8
SUBJECT DOING NOW …SLIDE 9
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“And this is a picture of a
monkey and me at the Amazon…I’m the one on
the right.”
Isabel Allende is a human being first and foremost, not taking herself too seriously in spite of her fame and acclaim… I very much like that about her.
WHAT I WILL REMEMBER… SLIDE 10
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La Profesora Laura C. McCormickHoras 1°-8°
el 25 de enero de 2013
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STEP ONE: GET INTO YOUR DRIVE
STEP TWO: CREATE FOLDERS• SPAN I
• EXTRAORDINARY HISPANICS• PICTURES• INFORMATION• FINAL PROJECT
• (PUT SKELETON HERE)