Laura Esquivel

Eric Skipper (University of South Carolina)

Ed. by Ben Bollig, University of Oxford
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 4.1.3: Hispanic Writing and Culture of Central America and the Caribbean.
Vol. editors: Ben Bollig (University of Oxford), Ceire Broderick (University College Cork), Nuala Finnegan (University College Cork), Anna Forné (Gothenburg University), Cara Levey (University College Cork), Lori Oxford (Western Carolina University), Ailsa Peate (University of Westminster)

Dates

Born 30 Sep 1950
Activity 1989-ongoing

Places

Born in Mexico
Active in Mexico

Activities

Primary

Film/TV Script-writer/ Screenwriter
Novelist

Resources

Esquivel's Works

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Born in 1950 in Mexico City, Mexico, Laura Esquivel was a kindergarten teacher before becoming a professional writer. Her work in a theater workshop for children led her to create her own material. She wrote for television programs in the 1970s and 1980s; her husband at the time, the film director Alfonso Arau, encouraged her to turn her attentions to cinema. While the premise for

Como agua para chocolate

(1989), Esquivel’s most successful work, was originally intended for film, budgetary concerns for a period film led her to try the novel form. While Esquivel was born into a Catholic family, religious education was not strict. The writer’s belief in the “law of love” avails itself abundantly in her work.

Esquivel is best known for her novel/ cookbook Como agua para chocolate:

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Citation: Skipper, Eric. "Laura Esquivel". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2009 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12574, accessed 03 December 2024.]

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