Isabel Allende

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Born	August 2, 1942 (age 82) • Lima • Peru
Awards And Honors	Presidential Medal of Freedom (2014)
Notable Works	“A Long Petal of the Sea” • “Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses” • “Daughter of Fortune” • “Eva Luna” • “In the Midst of Winter” • “Inés of My Soul” • “The Sum of Our Days” • “Maya’s Notebook” • “My Invented Country” • “Of Love and Shadows” • “Paula” • “Portrait in Sepia” • “Ripper” • “The House of the Spirits” • “The Infinite Plan” • “The Japanese Lover” • “The Soul of a Woman” • “The Stories of Eva Luna”

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Jorge Edwards

Jorge Edwards

Chilean writer, critic, and diplomat

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

American author

Roberto Bolaño

Chilean author

Antonio Skármeta

Chilean novelist, screenwriter, and diplomat

Jessamyn West

American writer

José Donoso

Chilean author

Hazzard, Shirley

Shirley Hazzard

American author

Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon

American author

Eduardo Barrios

Chilean writer

María Luisa Bombal

Chilean author

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

American author

Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami

Japanese author

Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez

Colombian author

Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes

Mexican writer and diplomat

Patricia Grace

New Zealand writer

Julian Barnes

Julian Barnes

British author and critic

Martin Amis

Martin Amis

British author

Mutis, Álvaro

Álvaro Mutis

Colombian author

Klíma, Ivan

Ivan Klíma

Czech author

Sergio Pitol

Mexican author

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