In the history of literature, Laura Esquivel is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Laura Esquivel as Mexican writer.
Laura Esquivel was born at Mexico City in 1950. Her recorded nationality is Mexico.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
The record gives her occupations as screenwriter, novelist and writer.
Her principal work is Like Water for Chocolate. Books outlive their reviews, and the ones that last are seldom the ones that sold.
That the work was done from Mexico matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Laura Esquivel is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.
Achievements
- Notable work: Like Water for Chocolate
- Worked as screenwriter, novelist and writer
