In 1970 Salvador Allende appointed Huidobro as ambassador to Argentina. In her youth, she read widely, particularly the works of William Shakespeare.Allende graduated from a private high school at the age of sixteen. In Bolivia, Allende attended a North American private school and in Beirut, Lebanon she attended an English private school. Huidobro was a diplomat appointed to Bolivia and Beirut.

In 1945, after Tomás had disappeared,' Isabel's mother relocated with her three children to Santiago, Chile, where they lived until 1953.īetween 19, Allende's mother married Ramón Huidobro and moved a lot. This is because in Spanish a 'first cousin once removed' is translated as 'second degree uncle' (tío en segundo grado). Many sources cite Allende as being Salvador Allende's niece (without specifying that the relationship is that Tomas and Salvador are cousins) the confusion stems from Allende herself often referring to Salvador as her ''uncle' (tío) in her private life and public interviews. Her father was a first cousin of Salvador Allende, President of Chile from 1970 to 1973 so Salvador is her first cousin once removed. Isabel Allende was born in Lima, Peru as the daughter of Francisca Llona Barros and Tomás Allende the Chilean ambassador to Peru. She is of Basque, Spanish, and Portuguese descent. Having adopted American citizenship in 2003 and having lived in California since 1989, she currently resides in California with her husband. She has lectured and toured many American colleges to teach literature. In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.Īllende's novels are sometimes based upon her own personal experiences and often pay homage to the lives of women, while weaving together elements of myth and realism. In 2010 she received Chile's National Literature Prize. Allende has been called 'the world’s most widely read Spanish-language author'.

Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the 'magic realist' tradition, is famous for novels such as The House of the Spirits (La casa de los espíritus) (1982) and City of the Beasts (La ciudad de las bestias) (2002), which have been commercially successful. Isabel Allende Llona (born 2 August 1942) is a Chilean writer with American citizenship.

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