Laura Esquivel
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Born on September 30, , in Mexico City, Mexico, Laura Esquivel began writing while working as a kindergarten teacher. She wrote plays for her students and wrote children's television programs during the s and s. Her first novel, Like Water for Chocolate, became internationally beloved and was made into an award-winning film. Her other titles include The Law of Love and Between the Fires.
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Mexican writer and author. Born on September 30, , in Mexico City, Mexico. Esquivel began writing while working as a kindergarten teacher. She wrote plays for her students and then went on to write children's television programs during the s and s.
Esquivel often explores the relationship between men and women in Mexico in her work. She is best known for Like Water for Chocolate (), an imaginative and compelling combination of novel and cookbook. It had been released in Mexico a year earlier. After the release of the film version in , Like Water for Chocolate became internationally known and loved. The book has sold more than million copies.
Esquivel has continued to show her creative flair and lyrical style in her later work. Accompanied b
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Laura Esquivel was born on September 30, , in Mexico City, Mexico, to Julio César Esquivel and Josefa Valdés. In addition to being a novelist, Esquivel also taught kindergarten and wrote screenplays for children's television in her native Mexico. She is one of four children.
Esquivel's most noted work is the novel and cookbook Like Water for Chocolate, which details the life of the De la Garza family during the Mexican Revolution. Similar to Isabel Allende's works, Laura Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate uses magical realism to depict a realistic yet fantastical world. Esquivel's other works also focus on Mexico and women. Frequently, her works blend two separate genres. For instance, her novel The Law of Love blends science fiction and romance, while Like Water for Chocolate combines food and magical realism.
In , Esquivel won the candidacy for Mexico City's Party of the Democratic Revolution. She remains the candidate for this party. Esquivel is currently divorced and lives in Mexico City.
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Like Water for Choc
Esquivel, Laura (–)
Mexican author Laura Esquivel was born in Mexico City on September 30, , the third of four children born to a telegraph operator and his wife. She graduated from the National Teachers' College (Escuela Normal de Maestros) and taught kindergarten. Her writing career began with writing plays for children, followed by writing for children's public television.
Esquivel's first novel, Como agua para Chocolate: Novela de entregas mensuales con recetas, amores, y remedios caseros (), became a best seller in Mexico, rare for a novel written by a woman. The story, set on the Mexico-U.S. border from to , is about love thwarted by imposed traditions and its expression in culinary traditions. It became an internationally acclaimed film, with the screenplay by Esquivel, directed by her then-husband Alfonso Arau. The book, translated into more than thirty languages, has sold more than three million copies worldwide and won awards including the American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) in Esquivel's other works include La ley del amor (), claimed to be the first multimedia novel ever published, which included a CD to be listened to while reading. She is currently
Laura Esquivel
Laura Beatriz Esquivel Valdés (born September 30, ) is a celebrated Mexican novelist, screenwriter, and politician. Her renowned debut novel "Like Water for Chocolate" achieved bestseller status in Mexico and the United States, later adapted into an award-winning el's narrative style, akin to magical realism, intertwines ordinary life with the supernatural, reminiscent of fellow Latin American authors. Beyond literature, she served in Mexico's Chamber of Deputies from to [1†][2†][3†].
Early Years and Education
Laura Beatriz Esquivel Valdés was born on September 30, , in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, Mexico[1†][2†]. She was raised in a middle-class family[1†][2†]. Her father was a telegraph operator[1†][4†].
Esquivel began her educational journey by training as a teacher[1†][4†]. She received a teaching degree from the Escuela Normal de Maestros[1†][2†]. During her early career, she worked as an elementary teacher, where she began to write, particularly developing materials for children to perform[1†][4†].
She is qualified in Pre-School Education (), as an Instructor of Theatre Workshops and Children’s Literature (), Script Assessment in Tlaxcala and Oaxaca ( - ) a
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Esquivel, Laura (–)
Mexican author Laura Esquivel was born in Mexico City on September 30, , the third of four children born to a telegraph operator and his wife. She graduated from the National Teachers' College (Escuela Normal de Maestros) and taught kindergarten. Her writing career began with writing plays for children, followed by writing for children's public television.
Esquivel's first novel, Como agua para Chocolate: Novela de entregas mensuales con recetas, amores, y remedios caseros (), became a best seller in Mexico, rare for a novel written by a woman. The story, set on the Mexico-U.S. border from to , is about love thwarted by imposed traditions and its expression in culinary traditions. It became an internationally acclaimed film, with the screenplay by Esquivel, directed by her then-husband Alfonso Arau. The book, translated into more than thirty languages, has sold more than three million copies worldwide and won awards including the American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) in Esquivel's other works include La ley del amor (), claimed to be the first multimedia novel ever published, which included a CD to be listened to while reading. She is currently
Laura Esquivel
Laura Beatriz Esquivel Valdés (born September 30, ) is a celebrated Mexican novelist, screenwriter, and politician. Her renowned debut novel "Like Water for Chocolate" achieved bestseller status in Mexico and the United States, later adapted into an award-winning el's narrative style, akin to magical realism, intertwines ordinary life with the supernatural, reminiscent of fellow Latin American authors. Beyond literature, she served in Mexico's Chamber of Deputies from to [1†][2†][3†].
Early Years and Education
Laura Beatriz Esquivel Valdés was born on September 30, , in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, Mexico[1†][2†]. She was raised in a middle-class family[1†][2†]. Her father was a telegraph operator[1†][4†].
Esquivel began her educational journey by training as a teacher[1†][4†]. She received a teaching degree from the Escuela Normal de Maestros[1†][2†]. During her early career, she worked as an elementary teacher, where she began to write, particularly developing materials for children to perform[1†][4†].
She is qualified in Pre-School Education (), as an Instructor of Theatre Workshops and Children’s Literature (), Script Assessment in Tlaxcala and Oaxaca ( - ) a
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