Jorge Luis Borges

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essayist human librarian poet short story writer translator writer

Jorge Luis Borges was an Argentine writer and librarian renowned for his innovative short stories that blend philosophy, metaphysics, and labyrinthine structures, making him one of the most influential figures in 20th-century literature.

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Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo 1

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instanceOf essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
librarian ⓘ
poet ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
translator ⓘ
writer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1986 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920 ⓘ
awardReceived Formentor Prize ⓘ
Jerusalem Prize ⓘ
Miguel de Cervantes Prize ⓘ
National Prize for Literature of Argentina ⓘ
birthName Jorge Luis Borges self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo
burialPlace Cimetière des Rois ⓘ
surface form: Cimetière des Rois, Geneva
causeOfDeath liver cancer ⓘ
citizenship Argentina ⓘ
countryOfBirth Argentina ⓘ
countryOfDeath Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1899-08-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1986-06-14 ⓘ
educatedAt Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires ⓘ
Geneva schools ⓘ
employer National Library of Argentina ⓘ
familyName Jorge Luis Borges self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Borges
father Jorge Guillermo Borges ⓘ
genre essay ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
short story ⓘ
givenName Jorge ⓘ
influenced Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ
Italo Calvino ⓘ
Julio Cortázar ⓘ
Paul Auster ⓘ
Umberto Eco ⓘ
influencedBy Arthur Schopenhauer ⓘ
Baruch Spinoza ⓘ
Dante Alighieri ⓘ
Franz Kafka ⓘ
G. K. Chesterton ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish ⓘ
mother Leonor Acevedo Suárez ⓘ
movement avant-garde literature ⓘ
magic realism ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
name Jorge Luis Borges self-link ⓘ
nationality Argentine ⓘ
notableIdea infinite library concept ⓘ
labyrinth as a literary motif ⓘ
metafictional narrative ⓘ
notableWork El Aleph ⓘ
El hacedor ⓘ
El libro de arena ⓘ
Ficciones ⓘ
Historia universal de la infamia ⓘ
Laberintos ⓘ
Otras inquisiciones ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
librarian ⓘ
poet ⓘ
translator ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Buenos Aires ⓘ
placeOfDeath Geneva ⓘ
positionHeld director of the National Library of Argentina ⓘ
religion agnosticism ⓘ
spouse Elsa Astete Millán ⓘ
María Kodama ⓘ
theme dreams ⓘ
identity ⓘ
infinity ⓘ
labyrinths ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
time ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo
Cimetière des Rois → burialPlaceOf → Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Borges
The Viking Press → hasAuthorPublished → Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
The Arabian Nights → hasInfluencedAuthor → Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
Latin American literature → hasNotableAuthor → Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
Arthur Schopenhauer → influenced → Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
Franz Kafka → influenced → Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
James Joyce → influenced → Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
Marcel Proust → influenced → Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
Rudyard Kipling → influenced → Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
David Foster Wallace → influencedBy → Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
Italo Calvino → influencedBy → Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
Orhan Pamuk → influencedBy → Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
Paulo Coelho → influencedBy → Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
Salman Rushdie → influencedBy → Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
Thomas Pynchon → influencedBy → Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
Jorge Luis Borges → name → Jorge Luis Borges self-link ⓘ
Latin American Boom → notableAuthor → Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
Jerusalem Prize → notableRecipient → Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ