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Also known as Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne

Argentine writer (1932-1990)

Person · Open Library

Born
28 Dec 1932
Died
22 Jul 1990
Works
110

Top works

  • Álbum Puig
  • Le Braiser De La Femme-Araigne
  • El beso de la mujer araña
  • Le baiser de la femme-araignée
  • La traicion de rita hayworth/ The Betrayal of Rita Hayworth (Contemporanea) (Spanish Edition)

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Total plays
1

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Key facts

Born
( 1932-12-28 ) December 28, 1932, General Villegas , Argentina
Died
July 22, 1990 (1990-07-22) (aged 57), Cuernavaca , Mexico
Occupation
Novelist , screenwriter
Period
1968-1990
Literary movement
Postboom , Post-modernist

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Manuel Puig
date of birth
1932-12-28
date of death
1990-07-22
birth name
Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne
pseudonym
Manuel Puig
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Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne (December 28, 1932 – July 22, 1990), commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine author and LGBTQ activist. Among his best-known novels are La traición de Rita Hayworth (Betrayed by Rita Hayworth, 1968), Boquitas pintadas (Heartbreak Tango, 1969), and El beso de la mujer araña (Kiss of the Spider Woman, 1976) which was adapted into the film released in 1985, directed by the Argentine-Brazilian director Héctor Babenco; and a Broadway musical in 1993.

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