Bio

Gabriel García Márquez suggested Marcela Fuentes-Berain as the librettist for Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas, which is inspired by the writings of Márquez. Fuentes-Berain’s many projects include plays, television dramas, and screenplays. Her screenplays for Hasta morir earned her two Ariel Award nominations (Best Original Screenplay and Best Movie Script) from the Mexican Film Academy of Arts and Sciences. Recent projects include television series La casa en la playa (2000) and El derecho de nacer (2001).