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Isabel Allende

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The Resume

    (August 2, 1942- )
    Born in Lima, Peru
    Daughter of the Chilean ambassador to Peru
    First cousin once removed of Chilean President Salvador Allende
    Wrote the novels 'The House of the Spirits' (1982), 'Eva Luna' (1987), 'Daughter of Fortune' (1999), 'City of the Beasts' (2002), 'Kingdom of the Golden Dragon' (2004) and 'Forest of the Pygmies' (2005)
    Became a US citizen (2003)

Why she might be annoying:

    She is often erroneously described as Salvador Allende's niece.
    She was fired from a job translating romance novels into Spanish for making unauthorized changes to the dialogue to make the female characters sound more intelligent.
    She begins writing all her books on January 8 after lighting candles and meditating.
    She read her late daughter's love letters and said they were 'pornographic' and 'wonderful.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She began writing novels when Pablo Neruda told her she had too much imagination to be a journalist.
    She had to flee Chile after receiving death threats following the coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power.
    She was one of the flag bearers at the Torino Winter Olympics (2006).
    The Times of London said she created 'an enchanted world unlike anything else in contemporary fiction.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 26 Votes: 42.31% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 43 Votes: 34.88% Annoying