Maité Allamand

{{Short description|Chilean writer and diplomat}}

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| name = Maité Allamand

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| birth_name = Jeanne Dominique Marie Therese Allamand Madaune

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|10|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Santiago, Chile

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|01|03|1911|10|29|df=yes}}

| death_place = Santiago, Chile

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| occupation = Writer, diplomat

| years_active = 1933–1994

| spouse = Luis Hervé

| movement = Neocriollismo

| awards = {{Plainlist|

• 1962 Municipal Prize of Santiago
• 1969 IBBY CRAV prize

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Maité Allamand (29 October 1911 – 3 January 1996{{Cite web |url=http://www.emigrationchili.com/bancodedatos/familias_e.htm |title=Etchepare |website=Los Vascos de Francia en Chile |language=Spanish |access-date=19 April 2017}}) was a Chilean writer and diplomat. Born Jeanne Dominique Marie Therese Allamand Madaune to a French family based in Chile,{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cGb3fSlBGxgC&pg=PA243 |title=Escritoras chilenas |trans-title=Chilean Women Writers |chapter=Maite Allamand (1911) |last=González-Vergara |first=Ruth |editor1-last=Rojas Piña |editor1-first=Benjamín |editor2-last=Pinto Villarroel |editor2-first=Patricia |publisher=Editorial Cuarto Propio |volume=3 |language=Spanish |isbn=9789562601627 |pages=243–257 |date=1 January 1994 |access-date=19 April 2017 |via=Google Books}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.lecturaviva.cl/autores/allamand.html |title=Maité Allamand |website=Lectura Viva |language=Spanish |access-date=April 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305191901/http://www.lecturaviva.cl/autores/allamand.html |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=dead }} she was an influential figure in the early development of children's literature in that country.{{Cite web |url=http://www.escritores.cl/varios/boletin2/boletin1.htm |title=La Literatura Infantil Chilena |trans-title=Chilean Children's Literature |last=Peña Muñoz |first=Manuel |website=Escritores.cl |language=Spanish |access-date=19 April 2017}} She was the director of the PEN Club and a member of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). She received several awards, including the 1962 Municipal Prize of Santiago in the short story category and the 1969 IBBY CRAV prize.