Writing
Jorge Luis Borges
- Born
- Aug 24, 1899 · Aged 86
- Died
- Jun 14, 1986
- Place of birth
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 13
- TV credits
- 1
Also known as (2)
- Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges
- Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo
Biography
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known books, Ficciones (transl. Fictions) and El Aleph (transl. The Aleph), published in the 1940s, are collections of short stories exploring motifs such as dreams, labyrinths, chance, infinity, archives, mirrors, fictional writers and mythology. Borges's works have contributed to philosophical literature and the fantasy genre, and have had a major influence on the…
