Isabel Allende - Her Life and Works

Isabel Allende is a very successful Chilean writer. She has a strong base of readers and her books have been translated into over 30 languages. She continues to write all of her fictitious work in Spanish, although she is fluent in English. If her name doesn't immediately ring a bell then maybe some of her book titles will (e.g. The House of the Spirits, which became a Hollywood movie).

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At one point Allende had a job translating romantic novels to Spanish, although she was quickly fired when her boss discovered that she would change the language to create stronger more independent heroines.

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