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1985
The House of the
Spirits is translated into English, Editorial Knopf,
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1988
She marries Willie Gordon on July
17 in San Francisco. They reside in San Rafael, California
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1990
In Chile the democracy is established again. Patricio
Aylwin is elected president. After fifteen years of
absence, Isabel returns to receive the Gabriela Mistral
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1991
The Infinite Plan is published in Spain.
Paula suffers a Porphyria attack and goes into coma
on December 6 in Madrid when Isabel launches The
Infinite Plan, published by Plaza y Jané s
in Spanish.
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1993
The Infinite Plan is published in English.
The House of the Spirits is staged in
London in August.
On October 22, The House of
the Spirits motion picture is released in Munich,
produced by Bernd Eichinger, directed by Billie August
with the following cast: Winona Ryder, Venessa Redgrave,
Meryl Streep, Glen Close, Jeremy Irons and Antonio Banderas.
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1998
She is distinguished with the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize granted to
“who has contributed to the beauty of the world”,
crowning a long list of international awards in her
career.
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2000
“Portrait in Sepia”
is published in Spain and other European countries
with unprecedented success. Isabel is invited to the
Oprah show, which helped her novel “Daughter
of Fortune” enormously in the United States.
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2003
“My Invented Country” was published in May 2003. It was featured on the
Bill Moyers show,“NOW“ and extensively covered by the press.
“Kingdom of the Golden Dragon,” the second
installment in the trilogy, was published in Spanish in Fall 2003.
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2004
Isabel was named Ambassador to Hans Christian Andersen on Sept. 30, 2004 at
Rosenberg Castle in Copenhagen. HRH Crown Prince Frederik and Mr. Lars Seeberg,
Secretary General of the Hans Christian Andersen 2005 Foundation present the award.
“The House of the Spirits”
was chosen by German readers to be number 13 among the top 100 favorite books.
“Paula” was number 80. |
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2006
“Inés of My Soul” was published in Spain in Fall 2006.
The book was launched in Placensia, the birthplace of Ines and was acclaimed by critics.
Isabel was the Winter Olympics Flag-Bearer representing Latin America, in Torino, Italy.
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1987
She divorces Miguel Frías.
Eva Luna is published in Spain by Plaza
y Janés; in English by Knopf, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden, translator
of the rest of the works by Isabel.
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1989
She publishes a collection of short stories “Stories
of Eva Luna,” Plaza y Janés,
Spain. |
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1992
Paula dies in San
Rafael in Isabel and Willie's house on December 6. |
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1994
Paula is
published in Spanish by Plaza y Janés,
in German and Dutch with the subtitle “novel”.
Of Love and Shadows is made into
a movie by Betty Kaplan, with Antonio Banderas as leading
actor. |
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1997
Aphrodite is
published in Spanish by Plaza y Janés. |
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1999
“Daughter of Fortune” is published in Spain and soon translated
into English. This is a year of book tours for Isabel.
In February her son Nicolas and Lori Barra marry.
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2002
“The City of Beasts”, the first installment in a trilogy
for young adults, was published in Fall 2002 to rave
reviews.
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2004
“Kingdom of the Golden Dragon,” was
published in English in May 2004 to coincide with
the city of Seattle's choice of Isabel Allende as the
“Author that Everyone Should Read.” Isabel
spent a week in Seattle celebrating this great honor.
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2005
The third and last installment of the trilogy, “Forest
of the Pygmies” was published in 2005.
“Zorro” was published
in Spain in Spring 2005. It was extensively covered
by the press and met with rave reviews.
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2007
“The Sum of Our Days” was published in Spain, August 2007.
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2008
Isabel recieves an Honorary Doctorate at San Francisco
State University by Mayor Gavin Newsom.
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