Isabel allende writer biography

Chilean-American novelist and writer (born )

This article is about the Chilean author. For the Chilean politician, see Isabel Allende (politician).

For other uses, see Isabel Allende (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Allende and the second or maternal family name is Llona.

Isabel Angelica Allende Llona (Latin American Spanish:[isaˈβelaˈʝende]^ⓘ; born 2 August ) 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, ) and City of the Beasts (La ciudad de las bestias, ), which have been commercially successful.

Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author."^[8] In , Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters,^[9] and in , she received Chile's National Literature P