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Isabel Allende, Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction Winner

External Resources

Learn more about Isabel Allende through external resources including news feeds, articles, audio, and video, as well as book reviews and awards.

Visit Isabel Allende's official website External

For the latest news and discussion about Isabel Allende, check the following resources:

Selected Articles, Interviews, and Conversations

The following list includes news articles, interviews, and conversations featuring Isabel Allende, arranged in chronological order.

"Isabel Allende: The Price Of Passion" External
Elle. March 24, 2021.
"'I was a feminist in kindergarten': Isabel Allende in Her New Memoir" External
NBC News. March 22, 2021.
"Isabel Allende and the Necessity of Feminism" External
The Sydney Morning Herald. March 18, 2021.
"Isabel Allende on Feminism, Her New Memoir and HBO Miniseries ‘Isabel’" External
Variety. March 5, 2021.
"New & Noteworthy, From Isabel Allende to Robert Walser" External
The New York Times. February 23, 2021.
"Isabel Allende on Travel, Culture and What Inspires Her" External
BBC News. January 13, 2021.
"Isabel Allende Sings the Praises of Process, Peace and Pups" External
The New York Times. January 30, 2020.
"Isabel Allende Talks About Migration, Life, Aging and Love" External
PBS NewsHour. January 29, 2020.
"Isabel Allende Writes of Love in Wartime, and After" External
Tampa Bay Times. January 25, 2020.
"Isabel Allende: ‘Where are my roots? They are in my books’" External
The Irish Times. January 18, 2020.
"'I've Seen Everything.' Author Isabel Allende on Why She Doesn't Fear Death and the Inspiration for Her New Novel" External
Times. January 16, 2020.
"Isabel Allende" External
January Magazine. November 1999.

A selection of radio programs featuring Isabel Allende, or in which Allende and her work are discussed.

"Open Book: Isabel Allende" External
BBC Radio 4. February 20, 2020.
"Isabel Allende On 'A Long Petal Of The Sea'" External
Weekend Edition Sunday, NPR. January 19, 2020.
"Portrait Of: Isabel Allende" External
NPR. October 1, 2019.
"Isabel Allende's Ode To Her Grandparents" External
Here & Now, WBUR. May 29, 2015.
"Isabel Allende" External
Bookclub, BBC Radio 4. February 6, 2000.

Many videos of Isabel Allende reading and discussing her work can be found through YouTube:

YouTube - "Isabel Allende" search results External

A selection of videos available through YouTube and other sites appears below.

"Isabel Allende Interviews Barack Obama on Despierta America (Full interview)" External
Despierta América [YouTube]. December 9, 2020.
"Isabel Allende, 'A Long Petal Of The Sea'" External
Politics and Prose [YouTube]. January 23, 2020.
"Isabel Allende: How to Live Passionately—No Matter Your Age" External
TED [YouTube]. September 3, 2014.
"Isabel Allende: A Literary Life | Nat Geo Live" External
National Geographic [YouTube]. June 17, 2013.
"Isabel Allende: Tales of Passion" External
TED [YouTube]. January 9, 2008.

Selected online reviews of Isabel Allende's books appear below.

A Long Petal of the Sea (2019)

In the Midst of Winter (2017)

Maya's Notebook (2011)

Island Beneath the Sea (2010)

Of Love and Shadows (1985)

The House of the Spirits (1982)

Isabel Allende has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including the following: