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Isabel Allende

1942 - Today

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Isabel Angélica Allende Llona (Latin American Spanish: [isaˈβel aˈʝende] ; born 2 August 1942) is a Chilean-American writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, 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 3,405,189 page views. Her biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Isabel Allende is the 254th most popular writer (down from 246th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Peru (up from 4th 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.

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  • 3.4M

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  • 70.97

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  • 70

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Isabel Allende ranks 254 out of 5,755Before her are Christine de Pizan, Roald Dahl, Walt Whitman, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and Eckhart Tolle. After her are Bartolomé de las Casas, Halldór Laxness, Dario Fo, Henrik Pontoppidan, Frédéric Mistral, and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Isabel Allende ranks 19Before her are Paul McCartney, Barbra Streisand, Daniel Barenboim, Peter Handke, Scatman John, and Jacques Rogge. After her are Ted Kaczynski, Ronnie James Dio, Brian Jones, Brian Wilson, Dino Zoff, and Michael Haneke.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Isabel Allende ranks 3 out of 232Before her are Atahualpa (1502) and Mario Vargas Llosa (1936). After her are Alberto Fujimori (1938), Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1920), Carlos Castaneda (1925), Túpac Amaru (1545), Lina Medina (1933), Manco Cápac (1250), Pachacuti (1380), Túpac Amaru II (1738), and Rose of Lima (1586).

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Among WRITERS In Peru

Among writers born in Peru, Isabel Allende ranks 2Before her are Mario Vargas Llosa (1936). After her are Carlos Castaneda (1925), Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539), César Vallejo (1892), José Carlos Mariátegui (1894), Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (1535), José María Arguedas (1911), Ricardo Palma (1833), Ciro Alegría (1909), Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929), and José Santos Chocano (1875).

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