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Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges 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, published in the 1940s, are collections of short stories exploring motifs such as dreams, labyrinths, chance, infinity, archives, mirrors, fictional writers,…
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culture · Argentine writer (1899–1986) · translator · librarian · literary critic · screenwriter · writer · poet · opinion journalist · essayist · short story writer · narrator · also Jorge Luis Borges, J. L. Borges, Chorche Louis Borches, Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges, Borges, Horhe Luis Borhes
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2026· 36 entries
“At my age [71], what can I do but plagiarize what I”
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“Since the year we got rid of the unspeakable scoundrel Perón, I have been unable to read or write. Consequently, if somebody tells me”
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“I thought it a pity she couldn”
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“Well, [Lorca had] a gift for gab. For example, he makes striking metaphors, but I think he makes striking metaphors for him, because I think that his world was mostly verbal. I think that he was fond of playing words against each other, the contrast of words, but I wonder if he knew what he was doing.”
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“value religious or philosophical ideas for their aesthetic worth and even for what they contain of the singular and the marvelous”
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“Siempre imaginé que el Paraíso sería algún tipo de biblioteca.”
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“I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities that I have visited, all my ancestors.”
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“the best prose-writer in the Spanish language of any time.”
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“to become a citizen of the world, a great cosmopolitan,”
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“borders. Neither, he argues, need the literature be bound to the heritage of old-world Spanish or European tradition. Nor should it define itself by the conscious rejection of its colonial past. He asserts that Argentine writers need to be free to define Argentine literature anew, writing about Argentina and the world from the point of view of those who have inherited the whole of world literature. Williamson says”
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“There is a kind of lazy pleasure in useless and out-of-the-way erudition.”
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“laborious and impoverishing folly to compose vast books; to set out over 500 pages an idea whose perfect oral exposition can be given in a few minutes”
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“Well, you were on the side of the Allies, what do you expect?”
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“copied its methods, dictating names and slogans to the people”
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“Spencerian anarchist who believes in the individual and not in the State”
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“Being an agnostic means all things are possible, even God, even the Holy Trinity. This world is so strange that anything may happen, or may not happen.”
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Zona Norte Hoy: En General Pacheco, Julio Zamora inauguró la remodelación y ampliación de la EES N°26 "Jorge Luis Borges"
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La Razon de Chivilcoy: Presentarán el libro “Paredes desvestidas” en el Ateneo Cultural Jorge Luis Borges
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Contexto Tucumán: Buenos Aires conmemora los 127 años del nacimiento de Jorge Luis Borges
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Rosario3: Homenaje a Jorge Luis Borges: conversatorio, charlas y la presentación del libro "Absolutamente principiant...
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ArteInformado: Imagen técnica y cultura material - I: Jorge Luis Borges, Exposición, ago 2026
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Clarin.com: A 127 años del nacimiento de Jorge Luis Borges, Buenos Aires celebra su obra y legado -
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El Comodorense: La Universidad conmemorará el natalicio de Jorge Luis Borges
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Nota al Pie: Aniversario de Jorge Luis Borges: La Ciudad de Buenos Aires lo celebra con una semana de actividades
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TresPm | Noticias: La amistad de Borges con México llega a la biblioteca nacional de Argentina
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BBC: Borges and Me: New film tells story of writer's 1970s tour of Scotland
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streamlinefeed.co.ke: Borges and Me Exposes the Untold Scottish Journey of a Literary Giant
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okdiario.com: Jorge Luis Borges, escritor argentino: «He cometido el peor de los pecados que un hombre puede cometer; no ...
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The Guardian: Borges and Me review – a sweetly imagined literary odyssey through the Highlands
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Diario Cuarto Poder: Hilda García abordó la simbología de los ángeles como puente infinito en Jorge Luis Borges
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GPS Audiovisual: Mariano Llinás estrenará «Biografía de Jorge Luis Borges» en Venecia: «La relación de Borges con el cine es sorprendentemente intensa»
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Indie Hoy: Buenos Aires celebra a Jorge Luis Borges con diversas propuestas y actividades
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GPS Audiovisual: Estreno estadounidense de «Biografía de Jorge Luis Borges», de Mariano Llinás, en el Festival de New York
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Clarin.com: Luis Garcìa Montero revela el poema de Jorge Luis Borges que lo conmovió desde adolescente
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expreso.ec: Jorge Luis Borges: una exposición en Buenos Aires revive su obra 40 años después
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2023· 1 entry
The Guardian: Rights to Jorge Luis Borges’s work go to his wife’s nephews
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2021· 1 entry
The Guardian: Borges and Me: An Encounter by Jay Parini review – a bumpy literary road trip
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism (1999).
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1986· 32 entries
Died 1986-06-14.
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“No estoy seguro de que yo exista, en realidad. Soy todos los autores que he leído, toda la gente que he conocido, todas las mujeres que he amado. Todas las ciudades que he visitado, todos mis antepasados...”
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“Bóg wprawia w ruch gracza, ten zaś figurę.Jaki bóg zza pleców Boga rozpoczyna fabułęz pyłu i czasu, i snów, i agonii?”
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“Litując się nad nieszczęściami bohaterów powieści, w końcu zaczynamy litować się za bardzo nad własnymi.”
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“La duda es uno de los nombres de la inteligencia.”
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“Obraz miasta, jaki nosimy w sobie, jest zawsze trochę przestarzały.”
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“Przyjaźń nie mniej jest tajemnicza niżeli miłość czy też jakiekolwiek inne oblicze zamętu, który nazywamy życiem.”
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The Peronist Partido Justicialista declined to send a delegate to the writer's memorial service in Buenos Aires
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“Rzeczy trwają dłużej niż ludzie.”
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“Życie wymaga jakiejś pasji.”
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“Bezkresnyjest rytuał układania o piasku pieśnii z piaskiem życie nasze się zatraca.”
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“Bóg łaskawyasygnuje nam dziedzictwo i niepamięć.”
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“A democracia é um erro estatistico, porque na democracia decide a maioria e a maioria é formada de imbecis”
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“Istnieje jedno święte prawo na całym świecie, nasze prawo do niepowodzeń, samotnej wędrówki i cierpień.”
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“Każdy stan umysłowy jest niepodzielny: sam fakt nazwania go – id est sklasyfikowania go – zawiera w sobie zafałszowanie.”
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“Lento em minha sombra, com a mão exploro / Meus invisíveis traços.”
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“Biblioteka jest nieograniczona i periodyczna.”
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“Zawsze jest słowem niedozwolonym dla ludzi.”
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“W końcu każdy człowiek zawsze upodabnia się do swojego wroga.”
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“Jedyną tajemnicą jest czas, ten nie kończący się wątek z wczoraj, dziś, przyszłości, zawsze i nigdy.”
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“Siempre imaginé que el paraíso sería algún tipo de biblioteca.”
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“Żadne przeznaczenie nie jest lepsze od innego, tylko człowiek musi uszanować to, które w sobie nosi.”
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“W szczegóły mogą obfitować wydarzenia, ale nie pamięć.”
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“Czas nie odtwarza tego, co tracimy.”
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“Life itself is a quotation.”
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“A única coisa sem mistério é a felicidade porque ela se justifica por si só.”
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“Mówić to popadać w tautologie.”
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“Nie tylko trudno było mu zrozumieć fakt, że pojęcie „pies” może obejmować tyle różnych jednostek różnej wielkości i różnego kształtu; ale niepokoiło go także i to, że pies widziany o godzinie trzeciej czternaście (z profilu) może posiadać tę samą nazwę co tenże pies widziany o trzeciej piętnaście (en face).”
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“Potem pomyślał, że rzeczywistość nie pokrywa się na ogół z przewidywaniami; z przewrotną logiką wywnioskował stąd, że przewidzieć jakąś okoliczność to udaremnić jej realizację. Wierny tej wątłej magii wymyślał okrutne szczegóły po to, aby się one nie wydarzyły.”
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“Wiem o pewnej niebezpiecznej okolicy, której bibliotekarze odrzucają przesądny i próżny zwyczaj poszukiwania sensu w książkach i porównują go do zwyczaju poszukiwania go w snach, czy w chaotycznych liniach ręki...”
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“W Rzymie rozmawiałem z filozofami, którzy uważali, że przedłużanie życia ludzi jest przedłużaniem ich agonii i zwielokrotnianiem ich śmierci.”
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“Znam pewien labirynt grecki, złożony z jedynej linii prostej. W tej linii zagubiło się już tylu filozofów, że z łatwością może się zgubić zwykły detektyw.”
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1985· 3 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Murcia (1985).
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And wrote that "not to judge and condemn the crimes would be to encourage impunity and to become, somehow, its accomplice
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Wrote a short poem about the Falklands War called Juan López y John Ward, about two fictional soldiers (one from each side), who died in the Falklands, in which he refers to "islands that were too famous"
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1984· 4 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1984).
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Awarded Grand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword (1984).
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Awarded diamond Konex award (1984).
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Travelled to Athens, Greece, and later to Rethymnon, Crete, where he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the School of Philosophy at the University of Crete
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1983· 4 entries
Argentine democracy refuted me splendidly
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Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1983).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise (1983).
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Borges applauded the election of the Radical Civic Union's Raúl Alfonsín and welcomed the end of military rule with the following words: "I once wrote that democracy is the abuse of statistics
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1980· 2 entries
Awarded Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (1980).
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Awarded Balzan Prize (1980).
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1979· 6 entries
Awarded Grand Officer of the Order of the Falcon (1979).
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Awarded Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1979).
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Awarded World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement (1979).
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Awarded Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1979).
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Wrote that Borges's "hasty political gestures, now with fascist tendencies, make him in my view an improper Nobel laureate, for ethical and humane reasons
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Borges spoke appreciatively and at some length about Bergoglio to the Argentine poet and essayist Roberto Alifano
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1978· 3 entries
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University (1978).
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In an interview with Peruvian journalist César Hildebrandt, Borges stated that he was certain that God does not exist
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In 1978, in an interview with Peruvian journalist César Hildebrandt, Borges stated that he was certain that God does not exist.
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1976· 4 entries
Awarded commander of the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins (1976).
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Awarded Edgar Awards (1976).
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Borges attended a lunch with the military dictator Jorge Rafael Videla alongside fellow writer Ernesto Sábato and priest Leonardo Castellani, on which occasion he thanked Videla for "saving the country from ignominy" wit
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“for distinguished contribution to the mystery genre”
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1973· 4 entries
Awarded Alfonso Reyes International Prize (1973).
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Borges immediately resigned as director of the National Library
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And regained the Presidency, Borges was enraged
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“Damn, the snobs are back in the saddle. If their posters and slogans again defile the city, I”
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1971· 2 entries
Awarded Jerusalem Prize (1971).
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Borges further elaborated on the story's creation, "I tried to imagine what a real Nazi might be like
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1968· 1 entry
“m being political -- he wrote a book about the tyrants of South America, and then he had several stanzas against the United States. Now he knows that that”
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1967· 6 entries
Awarded Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1967).
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And was among the final three choices considered by the committee according to Nobel records unsealed on the 50th anniversary in 2017
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Borges began a five-year period of collaboration with the American translator Norman Thomas di Giovanni, through whom he became better known in the English-speaking world
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On campus at the University of Virginia (UVA) in the U
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Borges married the recently widowed Elsa Astete Millán
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“Perón was a humbug, and he knew it, and everybody knew it. But Perón could be very cruel. I mean, he had people tortured, killed. And his wife was a common prostitute.”
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1965· 3 entries
Awarded Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1965).
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Awarded Commander of the Order of the Sun of Peru (1965).
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Was considered along with Vladimir Nabokov, Pablo Neruda, and Mikhail Sholokhov, and in 1966 a shared prize to Borges and Miguel Ángel Asturias was proposed
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1962· 2 entries
Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (1962).
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Two major anthologies of Borges's writings were published in English by New York presses: Ficciones and Labyrinths
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1961· 4 entries
Awarded Prix Formentor (1961).
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Shared the Formentor Prize with Samuel Beckett, awarded by the International Publishers' Congress, which marked the beginning of his reputation throughout the Western world
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Borges came to international attention when he received the first International Formentor Prize, which he shared with Samuel Beckett
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Borges received the first Prix International, which he shared with Samuel Beckett
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1956· 2 entries
“are in favor of totalitarian regimes and systematically combat freedom of thought, oblivious of the fact that the principal victims of dictatorships are, precisely, intelligence and culture.”
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The University of Cuyo awarded Borges the first of many honorary doctorates and the following year he received the National Prize for Literature
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1955· 3 entries
Borges became director of the Argentine National Library
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Was appointed director of the National Public Library and professor of English Literature at the University of Buenos Aires
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Borges supported efforts to purge Argentina's Government of Peronists and dismantle the former President's welfare state
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1951· 3 entries
Was asked by anti-Peronist friends to run for president of SADE
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When he announced control over thermonuclear fusion, which still hasn't happened anywhere but in the sun and the stars
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“The Argentine Writer and Tradition”
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1948· 1 entry
This work tells the tale of a young Jewish woman who kills a man in order to avenge the disgrace and suicide of her father
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1946· 3 entries
Argentine President Juan Perón began transforming Argentina into a one-party state with the assistance of his wife, Evita
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When the Peronists had proposed to make him an inspector of chickens
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Borges published the short story "Deutsches Requiem", which masquerades as the last testament of a condemned Nazi war criminal named Otto Dietrich zur Linde
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1945· 1 entry
Borges signed a manifesto calling for an end to military rule and the establishment of political liberty and democratic elections
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1944· 1 entry
Awarded Gran Premio de Honor de la SADE (1944).
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1943· 1 entry
“Sobre el Vathek de William Beckford”
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1941· 2 entries
Anticipates in an almost literal way the doctoral thesis of Hugh Everett III, published in 1957 under the title Relative State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics, which Bryce DeWitt would later popularize as the Many-world
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Composed mostly of works previously published in Sur
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1939· 1 entry
And Borges may have needed the money such work would bring
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1938· 1 entry
Borges found work as the first assistant at the Miguel Cané Municipal Library
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1937· 1 entry
Borges attacked the Nazi Party's use of children's books to inflame antisemitism
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1934· 1 entry
Argentine ultra-nationalists, sympathetic to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, asserted Borges was secretly Jewish and by implication not truly Argentine
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1933· 1 entry
Borges gained an editorial appointment at Revista Multicolor de los Sábados (the literary supplement of the Buenos Aires newspaper Crítica), where he first published the pieces collected as Historia universal de la infam
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1928· 1 entry
In his book The language of the Argentines (El idioma de los argentinos) to justify the impossibility of ordering ideas by affinity (psychological classification)
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1923· 1 entry
First published his poetry, a collection called Fervor de Buenos Aires, and contributed to the avant-garde review Martín Fierro
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1921· 4 entries
Borges began publishing his poems and essays in surrealist literary journals
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“As most of my people had been soldiers and I knew I would never be, I felt ashamed, quite early, to be a bookish kind of person and not a man of action.”
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“tried to become a writer and failed in the attempt”
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Borges returned with his family to Buenos Aires
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1920· 1 entry
“You might publish an edition of 300 copies and these you gave away to your friends.”
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1918· 1 entry
Studied at Collège Calvin (1918).
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1917· 1 entry
When he was eighteen, he met writer Maurice Abramowicz and began a literary friendship that lasted for the remainder of his life
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1916· 2 entries
“[I] discovered, and was overwhelmed by, Thomas Carlyle. I read Sartor Resartus, and I can recall many of its pages; I know them by heart.”
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In Geneva "[I] discovered, and was overwhelmed by, Thomas Carlyle
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1914· 2 entries
The family moved to Geneva, Switzerland, and spent the next decade in Europe
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Where he studied at the Collège de Genève
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1899· 1 entry
Born 1899-08-24.
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1898· 1 entry
And their children also included the painter Norah Borges, sister of Jorge Luis Borges
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1816· 1 entry
The population was predominantly criollo (of Spanish ancestry)
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