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If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious.
Manuel Puig
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Manuel Puig
Age: 57 †
Born: 1932
Born: December 28
Died: 1990
Died: July 22
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Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne
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My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.
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I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue.
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It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied.
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Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.
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