Alan Pauls

He is an Argentinian writer literary critic and screenwriter An early essay he did on Betrayed by Rita Hayworth by Manuel Puig is said to show his interest in him as an experimental writer Although Pauls has expressed skepticism about the avantgarde 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 Among more recent work 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