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Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende. By: Brittany Boeckman. Basic Information. August 2, 1942 Born in Lima Peru  Chilean Published articles in newspapers and magazines in America and Europe. Books. The House of Spirits The City of the Beasts Eva Luna Stories of Eva Luna Zorro Portrait in Sepia

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Isabel Allende

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  1. Isabel Allende By: Brittany Boeckman

  2. Basic Information • August 2, 1942 • Born in Lima Peru •  Chilean • Published articles in newspapers and magazines in America and Europe

  3. Books • The House of Spirits • The City of the Beasts • Eva Luna • Stories of Eva Luna • Zorro • Portrait in Sepia • The Island Beneath the Sea • And 8 other stories

  4. Journalist • 1964-1974 in Chile • Wrote for a woman’s magazine, children’s magazine, TV shows and Movie Documentaries • 1975-1984 in Venezuela • Wrote for a news paper

  5. Early Life • Dad was first cousin to Salvador Allende (former president of Chile) • After her dad disappeared mom took her family to Santiago, Chile in ’53 • Went to a North American private school and an English private school • Came back to Chile in ’58

  6. Now • Married to Miguel Fríasin 1968 • Got remarried to Willie Gordon • lives in San Rafael, California • In 2006 was one of the 8 flag people in the Olympics in Italy

  7. Isabel Allende Foundation • Started December 9, 1996 • Daughter Paula Frias was ill and died in 1992 • Paula died when she was 28 • Mission of the foundation is to help women and girls with education, health care, reproductive self-determination and protection from violence, exploitation and/or discrimination

  8. Bibliography • http://www.isabelallende.com/roots_frame.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Allende • http://www.isabelallendefoundation.org/iaf.php?l=en&p=story • http://www.isabelallendefoundation.org/iaf.php?l=en&p=mission

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