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Jorge Luis Borges

Born

in Buenos Aires, Argentina

August 24, 1899

Died

June 14, 1986

Genre

Fiction, Short Stories, Poetry

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Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo, usually referred to as Jorge Luis Borges (Spanish pronunciation: [xoɾxe lwis boɾxes]), was an Argentine writer and poet born in Buenos Aires. In 1914, his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school and traveled to Spain. On his return to Argentina in 1921, Borges began publishing his poems and essays in Surrealist literary journals. He also worked as a librarian and public lecturer. Borges was fluent in several languages. He was a target of political persecution during the Peron regime, and supported the military juntas that overthrew it.

Due to a hereditary condition, Borges became blind in his late fifties. In 1955, he was appointed director of the National Public Library (Biblioteca N ...more

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	Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges, Anthony Kerrigan (Translator), Anthony Bonner (Translator) 4.42 avg rating — 61,629 ratings — published 1944 — 214 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Aleph and Other Stories 4.35 avg rating — 38,057 ratings — published 1945 — 196 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges, Donald A. Yates (Editor), James E. Irby (Editor) 4.45 avg rating — 30,432 ratings — published 1962 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Fictions 4.57 avg rating — 22,948 ratings — published 1998 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory by Jorge Luis Borges, Norman Thomas di Giovanni (translator) 4.12 avg rating — 13,384 ratings — published 1975 — 136 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges, Andrew Hurley (Translator), Peter Sís (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 8,699 ratings — published 1957 — 113 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Universal History of Iniquity by Jorge Luis Borges, Andrew Hurley (Translator), Arif Bagus Prasetyo (Goodreads Author) (translator) 3.93 avg rating — 8,971 ratings — published 1935 — 112 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges, Erik Desmazieres, Andrew Hurley (Translator) 4.38 avg rating — 7,830 ratings — published 1941 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Aleph 4.29 avg rating — 6,563 ratings — published 1945 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems by Jorge Luis Borges, Alexander Coleman (Editor) 4.35 avg rating — 6,289 ratings — published 1971 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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