Alan Pauls (born 22 April 1959 in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

) is an Argentine writer, literary critic and screenwriter. An early essay he did on ''

Betrayed by Rita Hayworth ''Betrayed by Rita Hayworth'' ( es, La traición de Rita Hayworth) is a 1968 novel by the Argentine novelist Manuel Puig Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne (December 28, 1932 – July 22, 1990), commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine autho ...

'' 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 pint ...

is said to show his interest in him as an "experimental writer." Although Pauls 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''. He has additionally served as a visiting professor at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

."Conversation with Alan Pauls at Universidad de Buenos Aires" by Radio Lacan
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1959 births Living people Argentine male writers Writers from Buenos Aires Prix Roger Caillois recipients {{Argentina-writer-stub