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Friday, April 9, 2010

Isabelle Allende

Who is Isabelle Allende? What are her contributions to the literary world?
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  1. KaitlynBetzJune 23, 2010 at 3:30 PM

    Isabel Allende is a Chilean author who has written a numerous selection of novels in her lifetime, including The House of the Spirits, which is said to be set in Chile although the country remains unnamed throughout the novel. Allende is a former Journalist who was born in Lima, Peru on August 2, 1942. Her Father Tomas, a Chilean diplomat, and her mother Francisca divorced when she was three. Her mother moved her to Santiago, Chile afterwards to live in her grandparents' home. After the assasination of Salvador Allende, her uncle and the Chilean president, Isabel moved to Venezuela with her husband and children.
    Isabel has contributed many works, and plays, to the literary world including: Of Love and Shadows, El Embajador, Eva Luna, Paula, Portrait in Sepia, The Island Beneath the Sea, etc. Isabel has received many international awards, is considered a, "literary legend," and her novels have been translated into 30 languages.

    Sources: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Isabel_Allende
    http://www.isabelallende.com/roots_frame.htm
    http://www.answers.com/topic/isabel-allende

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  2. ElisabethJuly 14, 2010 at 2:15 PM

    Isabel Allende was born in Lima, Peru and after her parents divorced she lived with her mother and her grandparents. When she was younger she worked as a secretary and then a journalist. Her uncle was Salvador Allende and he was the president of Chile. Salvador Allende was assassinated in 1973 and after this Isabel and her family had to move the the safety of Venzuela. In this exile was when she started writing The House of the Spirits, which is her first novel. Many of her novels are based on her own life and experiences. Many of the books just like House of the Spirtis mixes myth and realism together. Her novels also focus on the experience of women. One of her most famous novels Paula, is about the extended coma and death of her daughter in 1992.

    Sources: http://womenshistory.about.com/od/writers20th/p/isabel_allende.htm

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  3. mmatysakJuly 17, 2010 at 5:54 PM

    Good additional info Elisabeth.

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  4. cassondraAugust 11, 2010 at 12:23 PM

    Isabel Allende is a Chilean author who previously worked for Paula magazine as a journalist, editor, and advice columnist.Her uncle, Salvador Allende was a Chilean president who was assassinted in 1973. This caused her to think living in Chile was much too dangerous for her and her family and they fled to Venezuela where she was inspired to write The House of the Spirits, which was based on her family and the political confusion that went on in her native country. Allende has published 15 books that have been translated into 27 different languages. Some of her stories have been created into films, ballets, and operas.

    Sources: http://www.answers.com/topic/isabel-allende

    http://www.isabelallende.com/

    http://womenshistory.about.com/od/writers20th/p/isabel_allende.htm

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  5. TabTepesAugust 15, 2010 at 12:17 PM

    In addition to what Elisabeth had already said, Isabel Allende was called a mythomaniac by her step-father. This inspired her to write the book, Paula, a memoir. She was anticipated to write only the truth since she was called a liar. Allende viewed life at a different angle. Even today she claims that she writes realistic fiction when others categorize it as magic realism.

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  6. Katelyn PetersAugust 15, 2010 at 2:15 PM

    Isabelle Allende was born in Peru and worked first as a secretary and then as a journalist. She left for Venezuela after the assassination of her uncle Salvador Allende, president of Chile in 1973. She wrote "The House of Spirits" in exile which became her first novel based on her own family and the politics of Chile. She also wrote "Paula" in 1995 which is based on the extended coma and death of her daughter. She is particularly known for her use of magic realism in her novels.

    http://womenshistory.about.com

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