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Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jorge Luis Borges (August 24, 1899 – June 14, 1986) was an Argentine writer. He was best known in the English-speaking world for his short stories and fictive essays. Borges was also a poet, critic, translator and man of wisdom.
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Jorge Luis Borges | |
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![]() Borges in the Hotel Beaux, Paris, 1968 | |
Born | (1899-08-24)August 24, 1899 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Died | June 14, 1986(1986-06-14) (aged 86) Geneva, Switzerland |
Occupation | writer, poet, critic, librarian |
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He was influenced by authors such as Dante Alighieri, Miguel de Cervantes, Franz Kafka, H.G. Wells, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Schopenhauer and G. K. Chesterton.