1942 - Today
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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Among writers, Isabel Allende ranks 254 out of 5,755. Before 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.
1365 - 1430
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 248
1916 - 1990
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 249
1819 - 1892
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 250
1893 - 1930
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 251
1874 - 1942
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 252
1948 - Present
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 253
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 254
1484 - 1566
HPI: 70.96
Rank: 255
1902 - 1998
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 256
1926 - 2016
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 257
1857 - 1943
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 258
1830 - 1914
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 259
1729 - 1781
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 260
Among people born in 1942, Isabel Allende ranks 19. Before 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.
1942 - Present
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 13
1942 - Present
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 14
1942 - Present
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 15
1942 - Present
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 16
1942 - 1999
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 17
1942 - 2021
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 18
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 19
1942 - 2023
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 20
1942 - 2010
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 21
1942 - 1969
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 22
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 23
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 24
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 25
Among people born in Peru, Isabel Allende ranks 3 out of 232. Before 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).
1502 - 1533
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 1
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 2
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 3
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 4
1920 - 2020
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 5
1925 - 1998
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 6
1545 - 1572
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 7
1933 - Present
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 8
1250 - 1169
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 9
1380 - 1460
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 10
1738 - 1781
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 11
1586 - 1617
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 12
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), 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).
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 1
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 2
1925 - 1998
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 3
1539 - 1616
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 4
1892 - 1938
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 5
1894 - 1930
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 6
1535 - 1615
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 7
1911 - 1969
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 8
1833 - 1919
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 9
1909 - 1967
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 10
1929 - 1994
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 11
1875 - 1934
HPI: 45.62
Rank: 12