Ximena Escalante (born 1964) is a Mexican dramatist who is known for
her works reinterpreting ancient Greek and other texts along with
those examining the creative process of more modern writers. Born into
a theatrical family in Mexico City, she first wanted to be an actress
but began writing when she was 16. All of her plays have been staged
and most have been published both in Mexico and abroad. Her work has
been translated into multiple languages and is regularly invited to
events such as the HotInk, the Salon du Livre-Paris, the Miami
International Book Fair, the Festival Internacional del Libro in
Guadalajara and at The Banff Center and the Rockfeller Foundation. In
2009, she was named an “artistic creator†with Mexico’s Sistema
Nacional de Creadores.Escalante was born in Mexico City in 1964.[1][2]
She is the granddaughter of director and producer Alvaro Custodio, who
founded the Teatro Clásico de México in the 1960s.[3]Because of her
family’s theatrical background, she wanted to become an actress when
she was very young, but was told that she did not have the talent for
this.[2] However, her upbringing in the upper-class Condesa
neighborhood in Condesa shaped her perspective on human relations,
having contact with artists and intellectuals and spend time at the
movies with the children of Alejandro Jodorowsky.[4] However, despite
this and the fact that she has written screenplays, she goes to the
movies today infrequently.[2]At age 16 she began to write stories and
novels and created her first play at that time. She entered a class
taught by Hugo Argüelles and at the same time studied directing with
Ludwick Margules. She then received a diploma from the Escuela de
Escritores.[2][5][6] She also took workshops with José Luis Alonso de
Santos, William Layton and Juan José Gurrola.[7]
her works reinterpreting ancient Greek and other texts along with
those examining the creative process of more modern writers. Born into
a theatrical family in Mexico City, she first wanted to be an actress
but began writing when she was 16. All of her plays have been staged
and most have been published both in Mexico and abroad. Her work has
been translated into multiple languages and is regularly invited to
events such as the HotInk, the Salon du Livre-Paris, the Miami
International Book Fair, the Festival Internacional del Libro in
Guadalajara and at The Banff Center and the Rockfeller Foundation. In
2009, she was named an “artistic creator†with Mexico’s Sistema
Nacional de Creadores.Escalante was born in Mexico City in 1964.[1][2]
She is the granddaughter of director and producer Alvaro Custodio, who
founded the Teatro Clásico de México in the 1960s.[3]Because of her
family’s theatrical background, she wanted to become an actress when
she was very young, but was told that she did not have the talent for
this.[2] However, her upbringing in the upper-class Condesa
neighborhood in Condesa shaped her perspective on human relations,
having contact with artists and intellectuals and spend time at the
movies with the children of Alejandro Jodorowsky.[4] However, despite
this and the fact that she has written screenplays, she goes to the
movies today infrequently.[2]At age 16 she began to write stories and
novels and created her first play at that time. She entered a class
taught by Hugo Argüelles and at the same time studied directing with
Ludwick Margules. She then received a diploma from the Escuela de
Escritores.[2][5][6] She also took workshops with José Luis Alonso de
Santos, William Layton and Juan José Gurrola.[7]
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