Biographies: Isabel Allende - Writer

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A Chilean novelist, she was born on August 2, 1942 in Lima, the capital of Peru. Her father, Tomás Allende, was a diplomat and secretary at the Chilean embassy. Her father was a cousin of Chilean President Salvador Allende. He separated from her mother, Doña Panchita, in 1945 without warning. In 1953, her mother was forced to return with her three children to her hometown of Santiago. Allende spent the next five years in Chile, then left with her mother for Bolivia, where her new stepfather, who was also a diplomat, was working. Isabel studied at a private American school, and after two years in Pluvia the family left for Lebanon, where they stayed in Beirut for three years, where Isabel attended the British Private School in Beirut, then the family returned to Chile again in 1958. From 1959 to 1965 Allende worked for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Santiago, and later in Brussels and elsewhere in Europe. Allende returned to Chile in 1966, and from 1967 began working on the editorial board of Paula magazine, and then the children's magazine Mambato. Allende belongs to the class of left-wing libertarian writers who became famous during the period of the leftist tide and its aftermath, as she fought for liberation and women's rights in the world. Her most important novels include The Infinite Plan, The House of the Spirits, and Of Love and Shadows.

• 22 October 2024
• farah ashraf