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Manuel Puig

1932 - 1990

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Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne (December 28, 1932 – July 22, 1990), commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine author and LGBTQ activist. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manuel Puig is the 1,546th most popular writer (up from 1,793rd in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 106th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Argentinean Writer.

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Among writers, Manuel Puig ranks 1,546 out of 7,302. Before him are Aksel Sandemose, Guido Adler, Seamus Heaney, Marianne Weber, Hipponax, and Sabino Arana. After him are Hunter S. Thompson, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Samuel Pepys, Auguste Maquet, Richard Lovelace, and Augusto Roa Bastos.

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Among people born in 1932, Manuel Puig ranks 118. Before him are Ingemar Johansson, Yukio Shimomura, Paolo Villaggio, Tatsuya Nakadai, Piper Laurie, and Geraldine McEwan. After him are Michael Smith, John G. Thompson, Oscar de la Renta, Meir Kahane, Stuart Hall, and Mustafa Tlass. Among people deceased in 1990, Manuel Puig ranks 64. Before him are Arthur Samuel, Vasili Kuznetsov, Philippe Soupault, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Taiichi Ohno, and Volodymyr Shcherbytsky. After him are Nina Kulagina, Meir Kahane, Edmund Conen, Art Blakey, Curtis LeMay, and Tadeusz Kantor.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Manuel Puig ranks 89 out of 1,154. Before him are Carlos Tevez (1984), Gabriela Sabatini (1970), Gustavo Santaolalla (1951), Mauricio Kagel (1931), Quino (1932), and Claudio Caniggia (1967). After him are Fernando Redondo (1969), Leopoldo Luque (1949), Carlos Bianchi (1949), Héctor Yazalde (1946), Bernardino Rivadavia (1780), and Estanislao Esteban Karlic (1926).

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Among WRITERS In Argentina

Among writers born in Argentina, Manuel Puig ranks 4. Before him are Jorge Luis Borges (1899), Ernesto Sabato (1911), and Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914). After him are Silvina Ocampo (1903), Victoria Ocampo (1890), Alejandra Pizarnik (1936), Alberto Manguel (1948), Joseph Kessel (1898), María Kodama (1937), Esther Vilar (1935), and María Elena Walsh (1930).

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