What is the birthdate of this Argentine author, who wrote a novel that was adapted into a broadway musical in 1993 with music by John Kander and Fred Ebb?
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Manuel Puig Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne (December 28, 1932 – July 22, 1990) was an Argentine author. 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.
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Kiss of the Spider Woman (musical) Kiss of the Spider Woman is a musical with music by John Kander and Fred Ebb, with the book by Terrence McNally. It is based on the Manuel Puig novel "El Beso de la Mujer Araña". The musical had runs in the West End (1992) and Broadway (1993) and won the 1993 Tony Award for Best Musical.
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Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas (IKV) is a musical duo formed in 1991 consisting of Dante Spinetta and Emmanuel Horvilleur, from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The duo split in 2001 to follow solo careers, but later performed together several times, and officially reunited in 2011. The duo took their name from a fictional character, the Soviet spy Illya Kuryakin in the hit 1960s TV show "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", and the Colombian football player Carlos Valderrama. Their musical style is extremely wide-ranging, including hip-hop, rock, funk, and salsa.
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Sab (novel) Sab is a novel written by Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda in 1841 and published in Madrid. In the story, Sab, a mulato slave—who is in love with Carlota, the white daughter of his master—is the main character. The pain and struggle of his secret passion for Carlota leads Sab to his own death, which occurs in the same hour as Carlota's wedding with Enrique Otway. The novel was first published in Cuba in 1914.
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Ben Molar Ben Molar (1915-2015) was an Argentine author, composer, musical producer, and talent scout. He created the National Day of the Tango, held annually on 11 December, placed bronze plaques on all 40 corners of Calle Corrientes and produced an interdisciplinary artistic project that combined art, poetry, and music to promote Argentine tango.
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Brazil (novel) Brazil is a 1994 novel by the American author John Updike. It contains many elements of magical realism. It is a retelling of the ancient tale of Tristan and Isolde, the subject of many works in opera and ballet.
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Juan Moreira (novel) Juan Moreira is an Argentine novel by Eduardo Gutiérrez. It was written during the winter of 1879 and is considered one of the most important works of Argentine literature. Shortly after its publication it was developed into a successful play, which is itself foundational in Buenos Aires's theatre. Three homonymous versions of the novel were made into a film: one in 1936, one in 1948, and the more famous, 1973 version, directed by Leonardo Favio.
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Alberto Cortez Alberto Cortez (born José Alberto García Gallo, March 11, 1940) is an Argentine singer and songwriter. Cortez and his wife live in Madrid.
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Of Love and Other Demons Of Love and Other Demons (Spanish: Del amor y otros demonios) is a novel by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez, first published in 1994.
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Fiesta al noroeste Fiesta al noroeste is a novel written by Ana Maria Matute and first published in 1952.
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Luis Pescetti Luis María Pescetti (born January 15, 1958) is an Argentinian novelist, essayist, musician and actor.
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Carlos Alvarado-Larroucau Carlos Alvarado-Larroucau is an Argentine-born French author, born in Argentina in 1964.
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Silvina Bullrich Silvina Bullrich (October 4, 1915 – July 2, 1990) was a best-selling Argentine novelist, as well as a translator, screenwriter, critic, and academic. She was known in Argentina as "la gran burguesa" ("the great bourgeois lady").
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Canto de amor Canto de amor is a 1940 Argentine romantic musical drama film, directed and written by Julio Irigoyen. It is based on a tango with music by Osvaldo Fresedo.
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Últimos días de la víctima (novel) Últimos días de la víctima is an Argentine novel, written by José Pablo Feinmann. It was first published in 1979. It was adapted into a film in 1982.
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Juan Gabriel Vásquez Juan Gabriel Vásquez (born 1973) is a Colombian writer, best known for his novel "The Sound of Things Falling", originally published in 2011.
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Zorro (musical) Zorro is a musical with music by the Gipsy Kings and John Cameron, a book by Stephen Clark and Helen Edmundson, and lyrics by Stephen Clark. It is inspired by the 2005 fictional biography "Zorro", the first original story of the pulp hero Zorro, written by Chilean author Isabel Allende (itself a prequel to the events of the original Zorro story, the 1919 novella "The Curse of Capistrano" by Johnston McCulley). It also contains numerous references to earlier Zorro-related works, especially the 1998 film "The Mask of Zorro". The original musical did a trial run tour which proved to be successful, and led to a transfer to the West End (which included some minor changes such as the recasting of the roles of Luisa and Ramon).
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Christopher Unborn Christopher Unborn (Spanish: Cristóbal Nonato ) is the tenth novel by the Mexican author Carlos Fuentes. Originally published by the Fondo de Cultura Económica in 1987, the first U.S. edition was published in 1989 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
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Julio César Brero Julio César Brero "(also spelled" Giulio Cesare; 20 December 1908 Milan – 8 December 1973 Milan) was an Italian-born Argentine composer, music educator, and lawyer.
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Amigomío Amigomío is a 1994 Argentine film directed by Alcides Chiesa and Jeanine Meerapfel. Script written by Alcides Chiesa it was based on a novel by Pablo Bergel. The film was produced in a co-production with Germany. Mario Adorf appears as the grandfather of the young boy.
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La audacia y el cálculo La audacia y el cálculo (Spanish: "The boldness and the strategy" ) is a 2011 Argentine book by Beatriz Sarlo. It is focused in the history of Argentina from 2003 to 2010, the presidency of Néstor Kirchner and part of the first presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (still influenced by Néstor Kirchner). Sarlo details the plots used by Néstor Kirchner to increase his political power.
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Argentine literature Argentine literature, i.e. the set of literary works produced by writers who originated from Argentina, is one of the most prolific, relevant and influential in the whole Spanish speaking world, with renowned writers such as Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Leopoldo Lugones and Ernesto Sabato.