Alan Pauls (born 1959) is an Argentine writer, literary critic and screenwriter.

Early life

Pauls was born in

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, Argentina in 1959. He studied literature at the

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Career

An early essay by Pauls on ''

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'' by

Manuel Puig Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne (December 28, 1932 – July 22, 1990), commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine author. Among his best-known novels are '' La traición de Rita Hayworth'' ('' Betrayed by Rita Hayworth'', 1968), ''Boquitas pin ...

is said to show his interest in him as an "experimental writer." Although he has expressed skepticism about the avant-garde as any form of program, preferring to see it as a "toolbox." Among his own experimental works is ''Wasabi'' from 1994. He also had a longstanding interest in film and his later work ''El pasado'' was adapted to film in 2007. He wrote a "History of" trilogy with the titles being ''History of crying'', ''History of hair'', and ''History of money''.

Academia

Pauls has served as a visiting professor at

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. He is also a professor of literary theory at the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Philosophy and Letters.

Awards and fellowships

Selected works

Books

Essays

Filmography

External links

References

1959 births Living people Argentine male writers Writers from Buenos Aires University of Buenos Aires alumni Academic staff of the University of Buenos Aires {{Argentina-writer-stub