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Laura Esquivel
Writing Like Water for Chocolate, where cooking carries emotions into the lives of others.
Like Water for Chocolate · The Law of Love
- Born
- 30 September 1950
- Birthplace
- Mexico City, Mexico
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Laura Esquivel
Mexican novelist and screenwriter whose best-known book joins recipes, family conflict and magical events during the Mexican Revolution.
Early life
Mexico City roots
Grew up in a family where cooking and oral storytelling were important.
Teaching and theatre
Trained in preschool education and developed an interest in children’s theatre.
Career
- 1970s–1980s
Education and scripts
Worked on children’s television and film writing.
- 1989–1990s
Literary breakthrough
Like Water for Chocolate became an international success and a film adaptation.
- 2000s–2010s
Writing and public service
Published further novels and served in Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies.
Selected work
Like Water for Chocolate
Tita’s cooking expresses feelings constrained by family tradition.
The Law of Love
A novel combining reincarnation, romance and multimedia elements.
Malinche
A fictional exploration of the Indigenous interpreter associated with the Spanish conquest.
Beyond work
Food and memory
Her writing treats domestic knowledge as part of cultural and emotional history.
Film collaboration
Wrote the screenplay for the adaptation directed by her then-husband Alfonso Arau.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and references ↗Biography and contributions ↗Photo: Abril Cabrera, Secretaría de Cultura de la Ciudad de México. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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