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.
General Villegas Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Profession
Writer, Actor, Soundtrack
Star Sign
Capricorn
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[on Vittorio De Sica] He was somebody who wanted to make life a 24-hour pleasure.
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He was awarded the 1989 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Writing "Mystery of the Rose Bouquet" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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"The Kiss of the Spider Woman" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 1996 Drama Logue Award for Production.
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