Manuel Puig

Manuel Puig. Writer: Happy Together. Manuel Puig, Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne, was born on December 28, 1932 in General Villegas Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. He was a writer, playwright and actor. He studied architecture at the University of Buenos Aires and screenwriting in Italy. He traveled in Europe doing odd jobs. In the 1960's he returned to Argentine where he penned his first major novel, "La traición de Rita...