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| Name: |
Jorge Luis Borges | | Birth Date: |
August 24, 1899 | | Death Date: |
June 14, 1986 | | Place of Birth: |
Buenos Aires, Argentina | | Place of Death: |
Geneva, Switzerland | | Nationality: |
Argentine | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
author, poet |
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 Biography of Jorge Luis Borges
806 words, approx. 3 pages
 The Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) was one of Latin America's most original and influential prose writers and poets. His short stories revealed him as one of the great stylists of the Spanish language. Jorge Luis Borges was born on... summary from source:
 Biography of Jorge Luis Borges
8,990 words, approx. 30 pages
 Jorge Luis Borges, Argentina's best-known writer, was born on 24 August 1899 in a traditional old house in central Buenos Aires (not far from today's financial district) and grew up in the neighborhood of Palermo. His father, Jorge Guillermo Borges,... summary from source:
Biography of Jorge Luis Borges
7,145 words, approx. 24 pages
The Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges is one of the most prominent figures in contemporary world literature. Continuing the tradition of fantastic literature established by Edgar Allan Poe in the nineteenth century, he transformed the genre into an...
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 Jorge Luis Borges Quotes
9,791 words, approx. 33 pages
Jorge Luis Borges ( 1899-08-24 – 1986-06-14 ) was an Argentine writer who is considered one of the foremost literary figures of the 20th century. Best-known in the English speaking world for his short stories and fictive essays, Borges was also a...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Jorge Luis Borges Information
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Jorge Luis Borges (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine writer, best known in the English-speaking world for his short stories and fictional essays. Borges was also a poet, critic, and translator. He was influenced by authors such as: Dante...
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 AP News Argentine poet wins literature prize
11/29/2007: 254 words, approx. 1 pagesArgentine poet Juan Gelman, who wrote about the pain of loss under his country's military juntas, has won the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's top literary award.The $133,000 award was announced Thursday by Spanish Culture Minister Cesar Antonio Molina.Gelman, 77, has published more than 20... summary from source:
AP News Desai's 'Inheritance' wins fiction prize
3/9/2007: 557 words, approx. 2 pagesKiran Desai's "The Inheritance of Loss," a narrative of global discovery and displacement that has already won the Man Booker Prize, received another literary honor Thursday night: the National Book Critics Circle fiction award."To be claimed by the place in which you live means so... summary from source:
The New York Observer Clive James\'d5 20th-Century Tutorial
3/18/2007: 1,047 words, approx. 4 pagesClive James has a high-maintenance girlfriend: the reader. To educate this girlfriend, to correct her wayward mind and haphazard schooling, he has written more than 100 loosely related essays on artists, intellectuals and tyrants, mostly of the 20th century—a crash course in modern history and...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Martin S. Stabb
15,548 words, approx. 52 pages
In the following discussion of Borges's fiction, Stabb analyzes the elements that define the pieces as characteristically Borgesian.
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Critical Essay by Eynel Wardi
12,417 words, approx. 41 pages
In the following essay, Wardi applies psychoanalytic techniques to the interpretation of Borges's story “Emma Zunz.”
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