Paula Frías Allende Explained

Paula Frías Allende
Birth Date:22 October 1963
Birth Place:Santiago, Chile
Death Place:California, U.S.
Nationality:Chilean[1] [2]
Occupation:Psychologist, educator, humanitarian[3]
Spouse:Ernesto Diaz
Relatives:Allende family

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Paula Frías Allende (22 October 1963 – 6 December 1992)[4] was an educator and humanitarian who was the daughter of Chilean-American author Isabel Allende. Her grandfather was first cousin to Salvador Allende, President of Chile from 1970 to 1973.[5] [6] [7] After her death, her mother started a foundation to continue works in Paula's name.

Life

Paula Frías 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

In 1991, Paula went into a coma after complications of porphyria had hospitalised her.[9] 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 at the age of 29 on 6 December 1992.[10]

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Isabel Allende: '¡Escribo bien! Por lo menos admítanme eso'. Emol.com. 2009-12-17. 2015-08-27.
  2. Web site: Isabel Allende. Isabel Allende. 2015-08-27.
  3. Web site: Isabel Allende: Paula Foundation. August 2, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080223211458/http://www.lycos.com/info/isabel-allende--paula-foundation.html. February 23, 2008.
  4. Book: Benatar, Raquel. Isabel Allende: Recuerdos Para Un Cuento/Memories for a Story. Patricia Petersen. 2003. Arte Publico Press. 9781558853799. 8 September 2010.
  5. News: 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. 11. 28 April 2007. 13 December 2021.
  6. News: 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. News: Veronica Ross. Sewing didn't cut it for Inés. Guelph Mercury. Ontario, Canada. C5. 3 March 2007.
  8. Web site: RAMA DE CHACÓN EN CHILE. September 8, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100527025816/http://www.dandersen.arrakis.es/chile.htm. May 27, 2010. es.
  9. Web site: Texas Papers on Latin America. Lanic.utexas.edu. 2015-08-27.
  10. Web site: Isabel Allende Foundation. Isabel Allende Foundation. 1996-12-09. 2015-08-27.
  11. Book: Allende, Isabel. Paula. Margaret Sayers Peden. Google Books. 1996-03-15. 2015-08-27. 9780060927219.
  12. 101 top leaders of the Latino community in the U.S; Cover story. Allen. Kerri. Miller. Corina. Socorro. Dalia. Stewart. Graeme. Latino Leaders. 24(27). 8. 4. 1529-3998. 1 June 2007.

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