Jorge Luis Borges - Wikipedia
WEBJorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (/ ˈ b ɔːr h ɛ s / BOR-hess, Spanish: [ˈxoɾxe ˈlwis ˈboɾxes] ⓘ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in …
Jorge Luis Borges | Biography, Books, Poems, & Facts
WEBApr 18, 2024 · Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine poet, essayist, and short-story writer whose works became classics of 20th-century world literature. Among his best-known works are the short-story collections Ficciones (1944) and …
Jorge Luis Borges | Poetry Foundation
WEBArgentine author Jorge Luis Borges exerted a strong influence on the direction of literary fiction through his genre-bending metafictions, essays, and poetry. Borges was a founder, and principal practitioner, of postmodernist literature, a movement in which literature distances itself from life…
Biography of Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) - ThoughtCo
WEBMay 8, 2018 · Jorge Luís Borges was an Argentine writer who specialized in short stories, poems, and essays. Although he never wrote a novel, he is considered one of the most important writers of his generation, not only in his native Argentina but around the world.
Jorge Luis Borges summary | Britannica
WEBJorge Luis Borges, (born Aug. 24, 1899, Buenos Aires, Arg.—died June 14, 1986, Geneva, Switz.), Argentine poet, essayist, and short-story writer. Educated in Switzerland, Borges recognized early that he would have a literary career. From the 1920s on he was afflicted by a growing hereditary blindness.
Is Borges the 20th Century’s most important writer? - BBC
WEBSep 2, 2014 · Jorge Luis Borges’ mysterious stories broke new ground and transformed literature forever. Everyone should read him, writes Jane Ciabattari. British Broadcasting …
Jorge Luis Borges (Author of Ficciones) - Goodreads
WEBJorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known works, Ficciones (transl. Fictions) and El Aleph (transl.
Jorge Luis Borges: life, works, death and characteristics
WEBNov 27, 2023 · Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) was an Argentine writer regarded as one of the foremost exponents of Argentine, Spanish-language and world literature of the twentieth century. His body of work, consisting of short stories, poems, and essays, displays an exceptionally high level of erudition and an unparalleled inventiveness, which has …
Jorge Luis Borges - New World Encyclopedia
WEBJorge Luis Borges (August 24, 1899 – June 14, 1986) was an Argentine poet, essayist, and short-story writer who is considered one of the foremost figures in world literature of the twentieth century. Borges' reputation rests primarily on …
Jorge Luis Borges, Master of the Mystical - NYTimes.com
WEBJun 14, 2016 · Jorge Luis Borges, Master of the Mystical. June 14, 2016. An inscrutable point in space, which contains all other points simultaneously, inspires a poet, and revenge. Despairing curators wander in ...
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