diff --git a/rendercv/data_model.py b/rendercv/data_model.py
index b4e9925c..7270c50f 100644
--- a/rendercv/data_model.py
+++ b/rendercv/data_model.py
@@ -138,14 +138,19 @@ def escape_latex_characters(sentence: str) -> str:
         "~": r"\textasciitilde{}",
         "_": r"\_",
         "^": r"\textasciicircum{}",
-        "{": r"\{",
-        "}": r"\}",
-        "\\": r"\textbackslash{}",
     }
+    # Handle backslash and curly braces separately because the other characters are
+    # escaped with backslash and curly braces:
+    sentence = sentence.replace("{", ">>{")
+    sentence = sentence.replace("}", ">>}")
+    sentence = sentence.replace("\\", "\\textbackslash{}")
+    sentence = sentence.replace(">>{", "\\{")
+    sentence = sentence.replace(">>}", "\\}")
 
     # Loop through the letters of the sentence and if you find an escape character,
     # replace it with its LaTeX equivalent:
-    for character in sentence:
+    copy_of_the_sentence = sentence
+    for character in copy_of_the_sentence:
         if character in escape_characters:
             sentence = sentence.replace(character, escape_characters[character])
 
diff --git a/tests/test_data_model.py b/tests/test_data_model.py
index 53a74a07..c26b36ba 100644
--- a/tests/test_data_model.py
+++ b/tests/test_data_model.py
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ def test_escape_latex_characters(self):
             result = data_model.escape_latex_characters(str_without_latex_characters)
             self.assertEqual(result, expected)
 
-        str_with_latex_characers = r"asdf#asdf$asdf%asdf& ~ fd_ \ ^aa aa{ bb} "
+        str_with_latex_characers = r"asdf#asdf$asdf%asdf& ~ fd_ \ ^aa aa{ bb}"
         expected = (
-            r"asdf\#asdf\$asdf\%asdf\& \textasciitilde{}\ fd\_ \textbackslash{}"
-            r" \textasciicircum{}aa aa\{ bb\} "
+            r"asdf\#asdf\$asdf\%asdf\& \textasciitilde{} fd\_ \textbackslash{}"
+            r" \textasciicircum{}aa aa\{ bb\}"
         )
         with self.subTest(msg="string with LaTeX characters"):
             result = data_model.escape_latex_characters(str_with_latex_characers)