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          6. Isabel Allende

          (1942-)

          Who Is Isabel Allende?

          Isabel Allende is a Chilean journalist and author born on August 2, 1942, in Lima, Peru. Her best-known works include the novels The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts.

          She has written over 20 books that have been translated into more than 35 languages and sold more than 67 million copies.

          Early Life

          Isabel Allende was born on August 2, 1942, in Lima, Peru, to Tomás and Francisca Allende.

          She is the goddaughter of Salvador Allende, the first socialist president of Chile who was her father's cousin. Her father, a diplomat, deserted the family when Allende was just two. She, her siblings and mother then moved in with her grandfather in Chile.

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          Allende remembers herself as a rebellious child during those years living with her grandfather. “We lived in an affluent house – with no money," she said in an interview with The Telegraph. "My grandfather would pay for what was necessary but my mother did not even h