Isabel Allende Llona in Peru, she is the daughter of Francisca Barros (mother) and Tomás Allende (Father), who at the time was the Chilean ambassador to Peru. Her father was a first cousin of Salvador Allende, President of Chile from 1970 to 1973. Many sources cite Allende as being Salvador Allende's niece , the confusion stems from Allende herself often referring to Salvador as her "'uncle" (tío) in her private life and public interviews. This is because in Spanish a "first cousin once removed" is translated as "second degree uncle".
In 1945, after her father had disappeared, Isabel's mother moved to Santiago Chile, where they lived until 1953. In the years of 1953 and to 1958, Allende's mother married Ramon Huidobro and moved often and everywhere. Ramon was a diplomat appointed to Bolivia and Beirut. In Bolivia, Isabel went to a North American private school; and in Beirut, Lebanon she attended an English private school. The family returned to Chile in 1958. Isabel was home schooled for a little while and In her youth, she read a lot; particularly William Shakespeare.
While living in Chile, Allende finished college and met an engineering student Miguel Frías whom she married in 1962. she lived a double life because at home she was an obedient wife and mother of two; in public she became, after a spell translating Barbra, Cartland a moderately well-known TV person, a dramatist and a journalist on a feminist magazine.
From 1959 to 1965,Isabel worked with the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization in Santiago,Chile then in Brussles, Belgium, and a few other places. Briefly in Chile, she also had a job translating romance novels from English to Spanish.Although, she was fired for making unauthorized changes to the dialogue of the heroines to make them sound more intelligent as well as altering the Cinderella endings to let the Heroines find more independence and do good in the world. Isabel's first child a daughter named Paula was born in 1963. Three years later,Isabel returned to Chile and her son Nicolás was born there that year.
In 1973 the CIA changed everything for Allende because her name meant she was caught up in finding a safe way to leave the country for those on the wanted list. She helped until until her mother and step father narrowly escaped an assassination attempt,and when she was added to the wanted list, she ran to Venezuela for over a decade. In 1978 she filed for a temporary separation from her husband Miguel, she lived in Spain for two months then went back to him.
In 1945, after her father had disappeared, Isabel's mother moved to Santiago Chile, where they lived until 1953. In the years of 1953 and to 1958, Allende's mother married Ramon Huidobro and moved often and everywhere. Ramon was a diplomat appointed to Bolivia and Beirut. In Bolivia, Isabel went to a North American private school; and in Beirut, Lebanon she attended an English private school. The family returned to Chile in 1958. Isabel was home schooled for a little while and In her youth, she read a lot; particularly William Shakespeare.
While living in Chile, Allende finished college and met an engineering student Miguel Frías whom she married in 1962. she lived a double life because at home she was an obedient wife and mother of two; in public she became, after a spell translating Barbra, Cartland a moderately well-known TV person, a dramatist and a journalist on a feminist magazine.
From 1959 to 1965,Isabel worked with the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization in Santiago,Chile then in Brussles, Belgium, and a few other places. Briefly in Chile, she also had a job translating romance novels from English to Spanish.Although, she was fired for making unauthorized changes to the dialogue of the heroines to make them sound more intelligent as well as altering the Cinderella endings to let the Heroines find more independence and do good in the world. Isabel's first child a daughter named Paula was born in 1963. Three years later,Isabel returned to Chile and her son Nicolás was born there that year.
In 1973 the CIA changed everything for Allende because her name meant she was caught up in finding a safe way to leave the country for those on the wanted list. She helped until until her mother and step father narrowly escaped an assassination attempt,and when she was added to the wanted list, she ran to Venezuela for over a decade. In 1978 she filed for a temporary separation from her husband Miguel, she lived in Spain for two months then went back to him.