Jorge Luis Borges

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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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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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