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== Awards == {{external media | width = 210px | float = right | headerimage= [[File:Isabel allende.jpg|210px]] | video1 = [http://www.ted.com/talks/isabel_allende_tells_tales_of_passion.html Isabel Allende: Tales of passion], 18:00, [[TED (conference)|TED Talks]] (2007) | video2 = {{YouTube|id=q63gKvEFykU#t=4m10s|title=Isabel Allende, "Maya's Notebook"}}, 56:00, talk begins at 4:10, UC Berkeley Events (2013) | video3 = {{YouTube|OZB94Q4Wkl8|Isabel Allende: A Literary Life}}, 23:30, [[National Geographic Channel|National Geographic]] (2013) }} * Novel of the Year (Chile, 1983) * ''Panorama Literario'' (Chile, 1983) * Author of the Year (Germany, 1984) * Book of the Year (Germany, 1984) * ''Grand Prix d'Evasion'' (France, 1984) * ''Grand Prix de la Radio Télévision Belge'' (Point de Mire, 1985) * Best Novel (Mexico, 1985) * Colima Literary Prize (Mexico, 1986) * Quality Paperback Book Club New Voice (United States; 1986 nominee) * Author of the Year (Germany, 1986) * ''XV Premio Internazionale I Migliori Dell'Anno'' (Italy, 1987) * ''Premio Mulheres a la Mejor Novela Extranjera'' (Portugal, 1987) * ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' Book Prize nominee (United States, 1987) * ''[[Library Journal]]''{{'}}s Best Book (United States, 1988) * Before Columbus Foundation Award (United States, 1989) * ''Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural'' [[Gabriela Mistral]] (Chile, 1990) * XLI Bancarella Literary Prize (Italy, 1993) * Independent Foreign Fiction Award (England, June–July 1993) * Brandeis University Major Book Collection Award (United States, 1993) * Feminist of the Year Award, The Feminist; Majority Foundation (United States, 1994) * [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Chevalier des Artes et des Lettres]] distinction (France, 1994) * Critics' Choice (United States, 1996) * Books to Remember, [[American Library Association]] (United States, 1996) * [[Hispanic Heritage Foundation|Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature]] (United States, 1996).<ref>{{cite web|title=Hispanic Heritage Awards for Literature|url=http://www.hispanicheritage.org/hispanic_search.php?name=&opt2=10&opt3=0&x=6&y=10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011053411/http://hispanicheritage.org/hispanic_det.php?id=51|archive-date=11 October 2011|publisher=Hispanic Heritage Foundation|access-date=11 January 2011|quote=''HHA Honorees:'' 1996 ; ''Isabel Allende'' ; '''Literature''' ; Isabel Allende is the 1996 Hispanic Heritage Award Honoree in Literature. Ms. Allende is the author of several best-selling novels and short stories. She is able to blend her female perspective with the beautiful magic realism of Latin creativity.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Snodgrass|first=Mary Ellen|author-link=Mary Ellen Snodgrass|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4FbmtDCGnUMC&pg=PA17|title=Isabel Allende: A Literary Companion|date=19 February 2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-7127-0|language=en|quote=Summer 1996:... More honors from the U.S. Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature and the [[American Library Association]] Books to Remember boosted her name recognition.}}</ref> * ''Malaparte Amici di Capri'' (Italy, 1998) * ''Donna Citta Di Roma'' (Italy, 1998) * [[The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize|Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize]] (United States, 1998) * Sara Lee Foundation (United States, 1998) * ''Premio Iberoamericano de Letras [[José Donoso]]'', [[University of Talca]] (Chile, 2003) * Inaugural class of winner of the [[Great Immigrants Award]] named by [[Carnegie Corporation of New York]] (July 2006)<ref>{{Cite web |title=2006 Great Immigrants: Isabel Allende |url=https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/isabel-allende/}}</ref> * ''Premio Honoris Causa, Università di Trento en "lingue e letteratura moderne euroamericane"'' (Trento, Italy, May 2007) * [[National Prize for Literature (Chile)|Chilean National Prize for Literature]] (Chile, 2010) * [[Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction]] (USA, 2010) * [[Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award]] (Denmark, 20<!--See [[Talk:Hans_Christian_Andersen_Literature_Award#Isabel_Allende_2011_vs_2012]]-->12)<ref>{{cite web |title=Isabel Allende Wins the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award |url=http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/isabel-allende-wins-the-hans-christian-andersen-literature-award/8577/ |work=Hispanically Speaking News |date=28 June 2011 |access-date=16 August 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627041420/http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/isabel-allende-wins-the-hans-christian-andersen-literature-award/8577/ |archive-date=27 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Trine|last=Fisker |url=http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/article.php/id-41191156:allende-f%C3%A5r-hc-andersenpris.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325030352/https://nyheder.tv2.dk/article.php/id-41191156%3Aallende-f%25C3%25A5r-hc-andersenpris.html |archive-date=25 March 2020 |url-status=live |title=Allende får H.C. Andersen-pris |trans-title=Allende gets H.C. Andersen Prize |journal=Nyhederne |date=28 June 2011 |language=da-DK |access-date=21 December 2012 }}{{Verse translation |lang=da-dk |Fysisk rager Isabel Allende ikke særlig højt op i billedet, men gennem mange år har hun haft stor litterær betydning for læsere over hele verden. Derfor er det en stolt priskomité, der fortæller Fyens Stiftstidende, at den chilenskfødte forfatter har sagt ja til i september næste år at modtage H.C. Andersen Litteraturpris 2012 i Odense. ... <br /><br />Det er anden gang, H.C. Andersen Litteraturpris uddeles til en kvinde med sans for det magiske. I oktober 2010 gik prisen, der er på 500.000 kroner, til den skotske fantasy-forfatter, J.K. Rowling - Harry Potters mor. |Physically, Isabel Allende is not very prominent in the picture, but for many years she has had a great literary significance for readers all over the world. Therefore, it is a proud prize committee that tells [[Fyens Stiftstidende]] that the Chilean-born author has agreed to receive the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize 2012 in [[Odense]] in September next year. ... <br /><br />This is the second time that Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize has been awarded to a woman with a sense of magic. In October 2010, the [[Danish krone|DKK]] 500,000 prize went to Scottish fantasy writer [[J. K. Rowling|JK Rowling]] - Harry Potter's mother.}}</ref> * [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] (United States, 2014)<ref name="chronicle2014">{{cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/nation/article/Medal-of-Freedom-honors-achievements-of-18-5915131.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325103309/https://www.sfchronicle.com/nation/article/Medal-of-Freedom-honors-achievements-of-18-5915131.php|archive-date=25 March 2020|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|date=24 November 2014|title=Obama awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to 18|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=24 November 2014|quote=[President] Obama praised the accomplishments of winners who overcame hardship to achieve success, including novelist Isabel Allende, who was exiled from her home country of Chile by a military government.}}</ref> * [[Anisfield-Wolf Book Award]]: Lifetime Achievement (United States, 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anisfield-wolf.org/books/the-house-of-the-spirits/|title=Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - The 82nd Annual|website=Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - The 82nd Annual|access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref> * [[100 Women (BBC)|BBC 100 Women]] (United Kingdom, 2018)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-46225037|title=BBC 100 Women 2018: Who is on the list?|date=19 November 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=23 July 2019|language=en-GB}}</ref> * [[National Book Foundation]] [[National Book Award#Medal for Distinguished Contribution (lifetime)|Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters]] (United States, 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalbook.org/nbf-to-present-lifetime-achievement-award-to-acclaimed-author-isabel-allende/|title=NBF to honor Isabel Allende with lifetime achievement award|url-status=live|archive-date=20 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020210327/https://www.nationalbook.org/nbf-to-present-lifetime-achievement-award-to-acclaimed-author-isabel-allende/|date=20 September 2018|website=National Book Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=20 October 2019|quote=''Author and [[Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction#2000s|Pulitzer Prize finalist]] [[Luis Alberto Urrea|Luís Alberto Urrea]] to present Medal to Allende'' ... The National Book Foundation announced it will award Isabel Allende with its 2018 [[National Book Award#Medal for Distinguished Contribution (lifetime)|Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters]] (DCAL).}}</ref> *Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.) from [[Whittier College]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whittier.edu/alumni/poetnation/honorary|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325033950/https://www.whittier.edu/alumni/poetnation/honorary|archive-date=25 March 2020|title=Honorary Degrees {{!}} Whittier College|publisher=[[Whittier College]]|access-date=6 February 2020|quote=''Year:'' 2007; ''Honored:'' Isabel Allende, Writer; ''Degree Granted:'' Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.)}}</ref>
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