Isabel Allende

**Isabel Allende** (; born 2 August 1942) is a Chilean writer. Allende, whose wirks sometimes contain aspects o the "magic realist" tradeetion, is famous for novels such as *[[The House of the Spirits]]* (*La casa de los espíritus*, 1982) an *[[City of the Beasts]]* (*La ciudad de las bestias*, 2002), which hae been commercially successful. Allende haes been cried "the warld's maist widely read Spainyie-leid author". In 2004, Allende wis inductit intae the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an in 2010, she receivit Chile's Naitional Leeteratur Prize.

Allende's novels are aften based upon her personal experience an pay homage tae the lives o weemen, while weavin thegither elements o meeth an realism. She haes lectured an toured mony American colleges tae teach leeteratur. Fluent in Inglis as a seicont leid, Allende wis grantit American ceetizenship in 2003, haein livit in Californie wi her American husband syne 1989.

## Awairds
* 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)
* Chevalier des Artes et des Lettres distinction (France, 1994)
* Critics' Choice (United States, 1996)
* Books to Remember, American Library Assoc. (United States, 1996)
* Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature (United States, 1996).
* *Malaparte Amici di Capri* (Italy, 1998)
* *Donna Citta Di Roma* (Italy, 1998)
* 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)
* *Premio Honoris Causa, Università di Trento en "lingue e letteratura moderne euroamericane"* (Trento, Italy, May 2007)
* Chilean National Prize for Literature (Chile, 2010)
* Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award (Denmark, 2012)

## Works
* *[[The House of the Spirits]]* (1982) *La casa de los espíritus*
* *[[The Porcelain Fat Lady]]* (1984) *La gorda de porcelana*
* *[[Of Love and Shadows]]* (1985) *De amor y de sombra*
* *[[Eva Luna]]* (1987) *Eva Luna*
* *[[The Stories of Eva Luna]]* (1989) *Cuentos de Eva Luna*
* *[[The Infinite Plan]]* (1991) *El plan infinito*
* *[[Paula (novelle)|Paula]]* (1994) *Paula*
* *Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses* (1998) *Afrodita*
* *[[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*
* *My Invented Country: A Memoir* (2003) *Mi país inventado*
* *[[Kingdom of the Golden Dragon]]* (2004) *El reino del dragón de oro*
* *[[Zorro (novelle)|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*
* *The Sum of Our Days: A Memoir* (2008) *La suma de los días*
* *[[The Island Beneath the Sea]]* (2010) *La isla bajo el mar*
* *Maya's Notebook* (2011) *El Cuaderno de Maya*
* *Ripper* (2014) *El juego de Ripper *

## Ither contributions
*"Afterword", *[[Tales of Zorro]]*, editit bi Richard Dean Starr, Moonstone Books, 2008
**La Gorda de Porcelana*, 1984
**[[Santiago Files]]*, 2011 (Interviewee)

## Notes

## Sources
* Main, Mary. *Isabel Allende, Award-Winning Latin American Author*. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Pub., 2005. – ISBN 0-7660-2488-1
* Bautista Gutierrez, Gloria and Norma Corrales-Martin. *Pinceladas Literarias Hispanoamericanas*. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2004.

## Freemit airitns

*  (Inglis an Spaingie)
* Isabel Allende at the international literature festival berlin 
* Isabel Allende Foundation  (Inglis an Spaingie)
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