Isabel Allende

INTERNATIONALLY AWARDED AUTHOR; FOUNDER, ISABEL ALLENDE FOUNDATION

World renowned author, speaker and advocate, Isabel Allende, has written 18 books with more than 57 million copies sold worldwide.  She holds 12 honorary doctorates and 50 awards in more than 15 countries.  Her works have been adapted for movies, plays, musicals, operas, ballets and radio programs.  She has lectured internationally about women’s rights and the empowerment of women for more than 20 years. In 1992, Allende created The Isabel Allende Foundation which supports non-profits in San Francisco and Chile whose missions are to provide women and girls with reproductive self-determination, health care and education, as well as protection from violence, exploitation and discrimination.

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