Isabel Allende

Date of Birth:

02-Aug-1942

Nationality:

Chile

Profession:

Writer

Isabel Allende is a Chilean journalist and writer born August 2, 1942, in Lima, Peru. His best-known works include the novels House of Spirits and the City of Animals. He has authored over 20 books translated into more than 35 languages and has sold more than 67 million copies. Chilean writer Isabel Allende is famous for writing for international artists including 'The House of Spirits,' 'City of the Beasts,' 'Ines of My Soul' and 'Paula,' which commemorates her daughter's life and death. Allende's life changed completely when General Augusto Pinochet led a military coup in 1973, surpassing Salvador Allende's government. During the attack on presidential palace Salvador Allende was shot dead. In 1981, Allende started writing a letter to her grandfather, who had died in Chile. The book became the basis for his first book, The House of the Spirits (1985), which became a worldwide bestseller and launched his art work. During her career, Allende has received numerous awards for her work including the Chilean National Prize for Literature (2010) and the Library of Constitutional Arrivement Award for Fiction (2010). In 2014, President Barack Obama presented Allende with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Isabel Allende

Books by Isabel Allende

QUOTES BY Isabel Allende

“The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.”

“Write what should not be forgotten.”

“There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them,' my mother explained shortly before she left me. 'If you can remember me, I will be with you always.”

“We only have what we give.”

“Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.”

“You can't find someone who doesn't want to be found.”

“A man does what he can; a woman does what a man cannot.”

“Words are not that important when you recognize intentions.”

“you can tell the deepest truths with the lies of fiction”

“This is to assuage our conscience, darling" she would explain to Blanca. "But it doesn't help the poor. They don't need charity; they need justice.”

“Writing is a process, a journey into memory and the soul.”