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Manuel Puig (born Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne) (General Villegas, Argentina, December 28, 1932 - Cuernavaca, Mexico, July 22, 1990) was an Argentine author. Among his best known novels are La traición de Rita Hayworth (1968) (Betrayed by Rita Hayworth), Boquitas pintadas (1969) (Heartbreak Tango), and El beso de la mujer araña (1976) (Kiss of the Spider Woman), which was made into a film by the Argentine-Brazilian director, Héctor Babenco and in 1993 into a Broadway musical.
Manuel Puig was born in General Villegas (in Buenos Aires province). After unsuccessfully studying architecture in the Universidad de Buenos Aires, he began working as a film archivist and editor in the city of Buenos Aires and later, in Italy after winning a scholarship from the Italian Institute of Buenos Aires. Puig's dream was to become a screenwriter to write TV shows and movies. His career as a screenwriter never took off, however. In the 1960s, he moved back to Buenos Aires, where he penned his first major novel, La traición de Rita Hayworth. Because he had leftist political tendencies and also foresaw a rightist wave in Argentina, Puig moved to Mexico in 1973, where he wrote his later works (including El beso de la mujer araña).
Actors: José Luis Castiñeira de Dios (composer), Mimí Ardú (actress), Emiliano López (miscellaneous crew), Sílvia Buarque (actress), Javier Torre (director), Javier Torre (writer), Gigi Rua (actress), Fabio Aste (actor), Pablo Bucca (actor), Paulo Brunetti (actor), Óscar Azar (miscellaneous crew), Oliverio Torre (editor), Alejandro Baratelli (actor), Jacqueline Andrade (producer), Jacqueline Andrade (actress),
Genres: Drama,