WRITER

Isabel Allende

1942 - Today

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Isabel Angelica Allende Llona (Latin American Spanish: [isaˈβel aˈʝende] ; born 2 August 1942) is a Chilean-American writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the magical realism genre, is known 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. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author." In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isabel Allende has received more than 3,643,292 page views. Her biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Isabel Allende is the 238th most popular writer (up from 254th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Peru (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Peruvian Writer.

Isabel Allende is most famous for her novel "The House of the Spirits," which tells the story of three generations of women in her family.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 71

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Isabel Allende ranks 238 out of 7,302. Before her are Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Jaroslav Hašek, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Frédéric Mistral. After her are Jacob Grimm, Nikos Kazantzakis, Fuzûlî, Robert Musil, John Milton, and Saadi Shirazi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Isabel Allende ranks 17. Before her are Harrison Ford, Jimi Hendrix, Ratko Mladić, Scatman John, Ehud Barak, and Dino Zoff. After her are Peter Handke, Barbra Streisand, Brian Wilson, Ronnie James Dio, John Wayne Gacy, and Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Isabel Allende ranks 4 out of 287. Before her are Atahualpa (1502), Lina Medina (1933), and Mario Vargas Llosa (1936). After her are Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1920), Carlos Castaneda (1925), Alberto Fujimori (1938), Túpac Amaru (1545), Manco Cápac (1250), Rose of Lima (1586), Pachacuti (1380), and Túpac Amaru II (1738).

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Among WRITERS In Peru

Among writers born in Peru, Isabel Allende ranks 2. Before her are Mario Vargas Llosa (1936). After her are Carlos Castaneda (1925), Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539), César Vallejo (1892), Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (1535), José Carlos Mariátegui (1894), José María Arguedas (1911), Ricardo Palma (1833), Ciro Alegría (1909), Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929), and Alfredo Bryce (1939).

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