1942
Isabel Allende is born in Lima Perú where her father
Tomás Allende, is a diplomatic official of Chile,
cousin of Salvador Allende. Her mother Francisca Llona,
“Doña Panchita,” is daughter of Isabel
Barros Moreira and Agustín Llona Cuevas.
1953-58
Doña Panchita marries Ramón Huidobro, the
“tío Ramón,” diplomatic by career,
appointed to Bolivia and Beirut. In Bolivia, Isabel
attends to a North American private school, and in Beirut
to an English private school.
1962
Isabel marries Miguel Frías.
1964-65 She travels all around
Europe; lives in Brussels and Switzerland with her husband
and her daughter.
1967-74 She writes for the Paula
magazine. She forms part of the first editorial team.
She is in charge of the humorous column “The impertinents”
and writes feminist articles.
1945
Doña
Panchita revokes her marriage to Tomás Allende
and returns to Chile with her three small children to
live in her parentsā house in Santiago, where her three
children grow under the care of her mother and the grandfather.
1958
Isabel returns to Chile as a result of the Canal de Suez
crisis to finish her secondary studies. She meets her
future husband, Miguel Frías,
an Engineering student.
1959-65 Isabel works for the
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) of the United
Nations in Santiago.
1963
Her daughter Paula is born.
1966 She returns to Chile and her
son Nicolás is born.
