Agustin Llona cuevas
Isabel Allende's grandfather Agustin Llona Cuevas who was almost 100 years old when he died. Allende's first book "House of Spirits" started as a letter to her grandfather.
Barros Moreira
This is Isabel's grandmother, Isabel Barros, Moreira who died when she was very young.
Francisca Llona Barros (1944)
This is Isabel's mother, Francisa Llona Barros, whom everyone calls Panchita, her newborn brother Francisco, and Isabel in Lima, Peru, 1944.
Isabel and her first boyfriend
Isabel is 6 years old in this photo.
(1950)
Isabel making her First Communion in 1950.
(1950)
Isabel and her mother.
(1961)
Isabel and her brothers in 1961 on her wedding day.
(1969)
Isabel's children Nicolas, 3, and Paula, 6.
(1966)
Isabel with her African friends in Belgium.
(1972)
Isabel's mother Francisca Llona Barros and the Chile's president, Dr. Salvador Allende. He died a year later in a military coup.
(1973)
This picture of me was taken in l973, the year of the military coup in Chile. It was very hard time in my life.
This was taken of Isabel in 1973 the year of the military coup in Chile. She describes this as being a very hard time in her life.
This was taken of Isabel in 1973 the year of the military coup in Chile. She describes this as being a very hard time in her life.
In this photo Isabel is signing books in Mexico City. She is with Hortensia Buse de Allende, the former presidents widow.
(1991)
Isabel's daughter Paula the day of her wedding day with husband Ernesto Diaz in Venezuela.
This photo was taken for the promotion of The Infinite Plan in 1991.
Isabel with her new husband Willie Gordon in Pablo Neruda's house in Isla Negra, Chile.
Isabel's daughter Paula Frias Allende. She fell into a coma a few months after this photo was taken, and died a year later.
(1994)
Isabel's grandchildren.
Isabel with Vannessa Redgrave and Meryl Streep who potrayed characters in Isabel's movie based on her book The House of the Spirits.
(1995)
Isabel and her friend Tabra in India.
Isabel's mother Panchita and stepfather Ramon Huidobro.
Isabel Allende and Antonio Banderas.
Isabel and Jeremy Irons. She she says is,"funny, kind, approachable, and a great storyteller. He was the protagonist in The House of Spirits.
Isabel and Eduardo Galeano. Who she says is, "A brave political activist, journalist, and writer from Uruguay."
(1996)
Isabel sharing a joke with President Jimmy Carter.
Isabel in the Amazon Jungle holding a monkey.
(1997)
Isabel with Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes.
From left to right: William Gordon, Carmen Barlcells, and Isabel. Balcells is Isabel's agent. This was taken in Spain in 1997.
Isabel with President Bill Clinton at the White House in l997.
Isabel sniffing aphrodisiacs in Brasil.
(2004)
Willie and Isabel with Richard Lagos, who was "the best president Chile had had in a very long time."
The Common Wealth Award winners, Delaware, 2004. Andrea Mitchell, Christopher Reeve, Meryl Streep, and the Nobel Laureate Stanley Prusiner are photographed. Christopher Reeve died just a few months later.
(2005)
Isabel with Prince Frederick of Denmark. Isabel is being appointed Ambassador to the Hans Christian Andersen Bicentenary in this photograph.
lsabel was once again privileged to be in the arms of Antonio Banderas.
Isabel with Wangari Maathai of Kenya. She says she is "in love" with this woman. Maathai is the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Here is the first female president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, with Isabel.
Isabel with our president Barack Obama!
(2007)
Cristina Kirchner, president of Argentina, and Isabel in 2007.
(2010)
Isabel speaking with Tavis Smiley talking about Isabel's most recent book Island Beneath the Sea.