Paula Frías Allende

Paula Frías Allende (22 October 1963 – 6 December 1992)[4] was the daughter of Chilean-American author, Isabel Allende Llona. Her grandfather was first cousin to Salvador Allende, President of Chile from 1970 to 1973.[5][6][7]

Paula Frías Allende
Born22 October 1963
Died6 December 1992(1992-12-06) (aged 29)
OccupationPsychologist, educator, humanitarian[1]
NationalityChilean[2][3]
SpouseErnesto Diaz
RelativesAllende family
Website
www.isabelallendefoundation.org

Life

Paula worked as a humanitarian for impoverished communities located in Venezuela and Spain, using her skills as an educator and psychologist. She married Ernesto Diaz in Venezuela, in 1991.[8]

Illness and death

Paula was only 29 when she died in 1992.[9] She went into a coma after complications of porphyria had hospitalised her.[10] In 1991, an error in medication resulted in severe brain damage, leaving her in a persistent vegetative state. Her mother had her moved to a hospital in California and later to her home where she died on 6 December 1992.[9]

Foundation and memoirs

Isabel Allende started the Isabel Allende Foundation on December 9, 1996, in homage to her daughter. Her autobiographical book Paula is dedicated to her.[11] The foundation is "dedicated to supporting programs that promote and preserve the fundamental rights of women and children to be empowered and protected."[12]

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20080223211458/http://www.lycos.com/info/isabel-allende--paula-foundation.html. Archived from the original on February 23, 2008. Retrieved August 2, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Isabel Allende: "¡Escribo bien! Por lo menos admítanme eso"". Emol.com. 2009-12-17. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
  3. "Isabel Allende". Isabel Allende. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
  4. Benatar, Raquel; Patricia Petersen (2003). Isabel Allende: Recuerdos Para Un Cuento/Memories for a Story. Arte Publico Press. ISBN 9781558853799. Retrieved 8 Sep 2010.
  5. Review: The undefeated: A life in writing: Often compared to Gabriel García Márquez, Isabel Allende is more interested in telling stories about her own life, her difficult upbringing, marriage and her daughter's death. Aida Edemariam. The Guardian (London) - Final Edition. GUARDIAN REVIEW PAGES; Pg. 11. 28 April 2007 Isabel Allende website
  6. Shirley Christian, Santiago Journal; Allende's Widow Meditates Anew on a Day in '73, The New York Times. Section A; Page 4, Column 3; Foreign Desk. 5 June 1990
  7. Veronica Ross, Sewing didn't cut it for Inés, Guelph Mercury (Ontario, Canada). BOOKS; Pg. C5. 3 March 2007
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20100527025816/http://www.dandersen.arrakis.es/chile.htm. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved September 8, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. "Isabel Allende Foundation". Isabel Allende Foundation. 1996-12-09. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
  10. "Texas Papers on Latin America". Lanic.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
  11. Allende, Isabel (1996-03-15). Paula - Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden - Google Books. ISBN 9780060927219. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
  12. The list 101 top leaders of the Latino community in the U.S; Cover story. Allen, Kerri; Miller, Corina; Socorro, Dalia; Stewart, Graeme. Latino Leaders Pg. 24(27) Vol. 8 No. 4 ISSN 1529-3998. 1 June 2007
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