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Laura Esquivel

1950 - Today

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Laura Beatriz Esquivel Valdés (born 30 September 1950) is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter and politician, who served in the Chamber of Deputies for the Morena Party from 2015 to 2018. Her first novel Como agua para chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate) became a bestseller in Mexico and the United States, and was later developed into an award-winning film. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Laura Esquivel is the 2,307th most popular writer (up from 2,392nd in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 111th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Mexican Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Laura Esquivel ranks 2,307 out of 7,302. Before her are Sholem Schwarzbard, Mak Dizdar, Stefania Wilczyńska, Winston Groom, Alfred Bester, and Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius. After her are Vladimír Clementis, Kathy Reichs, Jónas Hallgrímsson, Richard Brautigan, Evelyn Beatrice Hall, and Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Laura Esquivel ranks 164. Before her are Elya Baskin, Natalie Cole, Keizo Imai, Danny Sullivan, Juan Gabriel, and Joyce Banda. After her are Steven Van Zandt, Frank Stallone, Haris Alexiou, Bruce Boxleitner, Roger Hodgson, and Randy Quaid.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Laura Esquivel ranks 107 out of 729. Before her are Sara Ramirez (1975), Tizoc (1436), Juan Gabriel (1950), Manuel Ponce (1886), Edith González (1964), and Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (1823). After her are Helena Rojo (1944), Manuel Rosas (1912), Anastasio Bustamante (1780), Nicolás Bravo (1786), Mariano Arista (1802), and Agustín Lara (1897).

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Among WRITERS In Mexico

Among writers born in Mexico, Laura Esquivel ranks 6. Before her are Octavio Paz (1914), Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648), Juan Rulfo (1917), Thomas Mayne Reid (1818), and Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581). After her are Rosario Castellanos (1925), Mariano Azuela (1873), Fernando del Paso (1935), Jorge Ibargüengoitia (1928), José Emilio Pacheco (1939), and Don Miguel Ruiz (1952).

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