Isabel Allende is a Chilean-American author born in 1942 in Lima, Peru. She received Chile's National Literature Prize in 2010 and was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2004. Allende founded the Isabel Allende Foundation in 1996 to support programs helping women and children. She writes primarily in the style of magical realism and has authored over 20 novels translated into over 30 languages, selling over 56 million copies worldwide.

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2. Born Isabel Allende Llona on August 2, 1942 in Lima PeruIn 2010 She received Chile’s National Literature Prize In 2004 She was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters Became an American citizen in 2003 and currently resides in California with her husband

3. Foundation In 1996 Allende started the Isabel Allende Foundation

4. She wanted to support programs that promote and preserve the fundamental rights of women and children to be empowered and protected. Literacy Career“Magical Realism is characterized as by two conflicting perspective, one based on a rational view of reality and the other on the acceptance of the supernatural as prosaic reality”. Magical Realism

5. Isabel uses this style of writing in the majority of her works.

6. Books have been translated in over 30 languages and sold more than 56 million copies

7. There have been 3 movies made in correlation to her books.

8. Aphrodite, Eva Luna, and Gift for a SweetheartAwards Author of the Year 1984, 1986Novel of the Year 1983, Book of the Year 1984Best Novel 1985Feminist of the Year Award 1994Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature 1996Chilean National Prize for Literature 2010Hans Christina Anderson Literature Award 2011

9. Novels The House of Spirits The Porcelain Fat Lady Of Love and Shadows The Stories of Eva Luna Eva Luna The Infinite Plan Daughter of Fortune Paula Portrait in Sepia City of the Beasts Zorro My Invented Country Kingdom of the Golden Dragon Forest of the Pygmies The Sum of Our Days Ines of My SoulThe Island Beneath the Sea El Cuaderno de Maya

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