Isabel Allende: Quick Facts

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Born	August 2, 1942 (age 84) • Lima • Peru
Awards And Honors	Presidential Medal of Freedom (2014)
Notable Works	“A Long Petal of the Sea” • “Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses” • “City of the Beasts” • “Daughter of Fortune” • “El Zorro” • “Eva Luna” • “In the Midst of Winter” • “Inés of My Soul” • “The Sum of Our Days” • “Maya’s Notebook” • “My Invented Country” • “My Name Is Emilia del Valle” • “Of Love and Shadows” • “Paula” • “Portrait in Sepia” • “Ripper” • “The House of the Spirits” • “The Infinite Plan” • “The Island Beneath the Sea” • “The Japanese Lover” • “The Soul of a Woman” • “The Stories of Eva Luna” • “Violeta”