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Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine writer (1899–1986)
"Borges" and "Jorge Borges" redirect here. For other people with the surname, see Borges (surname).
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For other uses, see Borges (disambiguation). For the Cape Verdean politician, see Jorge Borges (politician).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Borges and the second or maternal family name is Acevedo.
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (BOR-hess;[2]Spanish:[ˈxoɾxeˈlwisˈboɾxes]ⓘ; 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 works, 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.[3] Borges's works have contributed t