Manuel Puig

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1932-12-28

Deathday 1990-07-22 (57 years old)

Place of Birth General Villegas, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Manuel Puig

Biography

Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne (December 28, 1932 – July 22, 1990) was an Argentine author, commonly called Manuel Puig. Among his best-known novels are La traición de Rita Hayworth(Betrayed by Rita Hayworth, 1968), Boquitas pintados (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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Manuel Puig, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Writer

2005
1997
1986
El otro

as Writer

1982
1974
Painted Lips

as Novel

Actor