Happy First day of October and we continue Hispanic Heritage Month with ISABELE ALLENDE- Allende was born Isabel Allende Llona in Lima, Peru, the daughter of Francisca Llona Barros and Tomás Allende, who was at the time a second secretary at the Chilean embassy. Her father was a first cousin of Salvador Allende, President of Chile from 1970 to 1973 Allende is a Chilean writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, is known for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts, which have been commercially highly successful. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author. Allende's novels have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold about 74 million copies.Her 2008 book, The Sum of Our Days, is a memoir. It focuses on her life with her family, which includes her grown son, Nicolás; second husband, William. FunFact- Her book The Housr of Spirits was portrayed on the big screen by Meryl Streep and Jerome Irons, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder snd Antonio Banderas. . . . #author #isabeleallende #artist #storyteller #latinaauthor #writer ##houseofspirits #evaluna #paula #latinaillustrator #latinaartist #portrait #artbysfhonn #hispanicheritagemonth (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFzjGlJn7h2/?igshid=swdi73srlhs9