She went by the name of Belisa Crepusculario, not because she had been baptized with that name or given it by her mother, but because she herself had… - Isabel Allende

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She went by the name of Belisa Crepusculario, not because she had been baptized with that name or given it by her mother, but because she herself had searched until she found the poetry of "beauty" and "twilight" and cloaked herself in it. She made her living selling words. (first lines of "Two Words")

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About Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende (born August 2, 1942) 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 (La casa de los espíritus, 1982) and City of the Beasts (La ciudad de las bestias, 2002), which have been commercially successful. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author." In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Alternative Names: Isabel Allende Llona
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عمري تسع وأربعون سنة. أضع يدي على قلبي وأقول بصوت طفلة: لا أريد أن أكون مثل أمي، بل سأكون مثل جدي، قوية ومستقلة وسليمة وقادرة، لن أقبل بأن يأمرني أحد ولا أن أكون مدينة لأحد؛ أريد أن أكون مثل جدي وأن أحمي أمي.

Those who seek the truth run the risk of finding it.

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