Known for

Writing

Born

Dec 28, 1932

Died

Jul 22, 1990 (aged 57)

Place of birth

General Villegas, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Manuel Puig

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.

Titles

Happy Together

Movie • 1997

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Movie • 1985

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Movie • 2025

Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman

Movie • 2008

The Place Without Limits

Movie • 1978

Regreso a Coronel Vallejos

Movie • 2018

The Last Supper

Movie • 1976

El otro

Movie • 1986

Painted Lips

Movie • 1974

Tropic Pathway

Movie • 2005