Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986), known as Jorge Luis Borges (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxorxe ˈlwis ˈβorxes]), was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires. His work embraces the "character of unreality in all literature". His most famous books, Ficciones (1944) and The Aleph (1949), are compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes such as dreams... More

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  • Aug 24, 1899

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  • Jun 14, 1986 (age 86 years)

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  • Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo,
  • Jorge Luís Borges,
  • J.L. Borges
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