Alan Pauls (born 1959) is an Argentine writer, literary critic and screenwriter.
Early life Pauls was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1959. He studied literature at the University of Buenos Aires.
Career An early essay by Pauls on Betrayed by Rita Hayworth by Manuel Puig 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 Princeton University. He is also a professor of literary theory at the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Philosophy and Letters.
Awards and fellowships +YearTitle2003Herralde Award2013Santa Maddalena Foundation2014Konex Award2019-2020DAAD Artists in Berlin Program
Selected works Books +YearTitle1984El pudor del pornógrafo1990El coloquio1994Wasabi2003El pasado2007Historia del llanto2010Historia del pelo2013Historia del dinero2013Noche en Opwijk2019Trance: Un glosario
Essays YearTitle1986Manuel Puig. La traición de Rita Hayworth1995Lino Palacio. La infancia de la risa1996Cómo se escribe. El diario íntimo1996El factor Borges2006La vida descalzo2012Temas lentos2019Trance Filmography YearTitleRole1983Los enemigosScriptwriter1986La era del ñandú Scriptwriter1988SinfínScriptwriter1995El censorScriptwriter2001Private LivesScriptwriter2003The BlondsScriptwriter2004ImposibleScriptwriter2005Alan Pauls. Conversaciones con Daniel GuebelScriptwriter2006Arizona surScriptwriter2007¿De quién es el portaligas?Actor2011La vida nuevaActor2011MedianerasActor2012CassandraActor
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