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Life & Literature of Isabel Allende

Season 22 Episode 37 | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Allende is the 2017 recipient of the Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award.

In 1981, Isabel Allende began her first book, The House of the Spirits, as a letter to her 100-year old grandfather who was dying in Chile. The book was immediately an international bestseller and launched her career as the most widely-read author writing in Spanish. Over the course of her career, she has written more than 20 books, with more than 67 million copies sold.

09/11/2017

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Life & Literature of Isabel Allende

Season 22 Episode 37 | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

In 1981, Isabel Allende began her first book, The House of the Spirits, as a letter to her 100-year old grandfather who was dying in Chile. The book was immediately an international bestseller and launched her career as the most widely-read author writing in Spanish. Over the course of her career, she has written more than 20 books, with more than 67 million copies sold.

09/11/2017

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