“The House of the Spirits”, “Of Love and Shadows”, and “City of the Beasts” are just a few of the novels written by Allende who is certainly one of the best-known novelists in all the Americas. In 1996 Allende created a foundation in honor of her daughter, and Allende became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2003.
The video is from Allende’s appearance at the 2007 TED conference; her impassioned speech calls for us to stop the injustices against women and to become more active in changing the world for the better.
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Previous videos this week:
- Argentine poet Alfonsina Storni
- Mexican "Renaissance woman" Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
- Dominican author Julia Alvarez
Sources- isabelallende.com, Wikipedia, Google Video, Isabel Allende, TED
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