Isabel Allende August 2, 1942 --- INTRO… SLIDE 1 Peruvian Journalist and Author

IsabelAllende

August 2, 1942 ---

INTRO… SLIDE 1

Peruvian

Journalistand Author

Born: Lima, PeruParents: Tomas Allende and Francisca Llona Barros,

Chilean Ambassadors to PeruSiblings: two brothers

BIO… SLIDE 2

Education: private schools in Lebanon and Chile; homeschooled

First Marriage: to Miguel Frias, an “anglophile”Early Jobs: translator of romance novels (fired for

making female characters stronger in dialogue, character and endings)Children: Paula (1963-1992) who died of porphyria, and Nicolas (1966)

BIO… SLIDE 3

Second Marriage: attorney Willie Gordon; met in California

Later Jobs: journalist for magazines and newspapers; writer of

children’s books

BIO… SLIDE 4

OVERCOMING GREAT ODDS…

• Father “disappears” when Isabel is only three

• Uncle is assassinated

• Political fugitive in Venezuela for 13 years

OBSTACLES… SLIDE 5

OBSTACLES… SLIDE 6

Daughter dies at the age of 29

Created on December 9, 1996, this organization pays homage to Paula Frias, Isabel’s daughter, who passed away on

December 6, 1992. The Foundation primarily supports organizations that help women and

children in need by providing education, healthcare, protection and the means to

empowerment.

The Isabel Allende Foundation

GREATEST CONT… SLIDE 7

• Author of 16 novels, translated into 30 languages

and selling more than 51 million copies• Movies in the Making from three books• Winner of numerous awards, including The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Award

GREATEST CONT… SLIDE 8

Allende is considered to be part of the

Latin American feminist literary

awakening.

Allende Only writes from 9 AM to 7 PM, is very Monday-Saturday, superstitious! starting on January 8

SUBJECT DOING NOW …SLIDE 9

“And this is a picture of a

monkey and me at the Amazon…I’m the one on

the right.”

Isabel Allende is a human being first and foremost, not taking herself too seriously in spite of her fame and acclaim… I very much like that about her.

WHAT I WILL REMEMBER… SLIDE 10

La Profesora Laura C. McCormickHoras 1°-8°

el 25 de enero de 2013

STEP ONE: GET INTO YOUR DRIVE

STEP TWO: CREATE FOLDERS• SPAN I

• EXTRAORDINARY HISPANICS• PICTURES• INFORMATION• FINAL PROJECT

• (PUT SKELETON HERE)