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Allende

American  
[ah-yen-dey] / ɑˈjɛn deɪ /

noun

  1. Isabel, born 1942, Chilean novelist.


Allende British  
/ aˈʎende /

noun

  1. Isabel. born 1942, Chilean writer, born in Peru; her works include Eva Luna (1989), Paula (1995), and Daughter of Fortune (1999)

  2. Salvador (salβaˈðor). 1908–73, Chilean Marxist politician; president of Chile from 1970 until 1973, when the army seized power and he was killed

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Isabel Allende, a novelist, always begins writing new books on Jan. 8 to force her brain into creative mode.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

These are the same aspects of “The House of the Spirits” that remain most relevant today, Allende says.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

My own diagnosis came under stranger circumstances: on vacation, in a shared van going from Mexico City to San Miguel de Allende.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

Allende -- who scored twice in the victory over Cincinnati -- was once again the focal point of the Miami attack.

From Barron's Nov. 30, 2025

After driving for hours in the hot morning sun without stopping, past Nava, past Allende, past Nueva Rosita and Sabinas, we hit a long stretch of open road.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

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