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Manuel Puig
Manuel Puig
Manuel Puig
Born(1932-12-28)December 28, 1932
General Villegas, Argentina
DiedJuly 22, 1990(1990-07-22) (aged 57)
Cuernavaca, Mexico
OccupationNovelist, screenwriter
Period1968-1990
Literary movementPostboom, Post-modernist

Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne (December 28, 1932 – July 22, 1990), commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine author. 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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