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Name: Isabel Allende Llona
Age: 63
Occupation: Writer
Place of Residence: San Rafael, California
Bio: From Wikipedia : “Allende was born in Lima to diplomat Tomás Allende who was a Chilean ambassador there. She is the niece of Salvador Allende, the President of Chile from 1970 to 73. In 1945, her parents separated, and her mother relocated with their three children to Chile, where they lived until 1953. The family later moved to Bolivia and then to Lebanon. She returned to Chile in 1958 to complete her secondary education, and there she met her first husband, Miguel Frías, whom she married in 1962. On September 11, 1973 , her uncle, Salvador Allende, was overthrown in the wake of a violent coup and during the capture of La Moneda (the seat of the presidency of Chile). In 1975, Isabel Allende went into exile in Venezuela. In 1981, Allende learned that her grandfather, age 99, was on his deathbed. She started writing him a letter that later evolved into a book manuscript, The House of Spirits (1982). The book was a great success and was later made into a film (The House of the Spirits, 1993) by Danish director Bille August. The movie starred Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Winona Ryder, Glenn Close and Antonio Banderas. During a visit to California in 1988, Allende met her current husband, Willie Gordon, a lawyer, and has lived in San Rafael since then. In 2003 she obtained U.S. citizenship.”

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