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Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) was an Argentine poet, essayist, and author of short stories. His most notable works as a key literary Spanish-language figure of the twentieth century include Ficciones (Fictions) and El Aleph (The Aleph). He received a BA from the College of Geneva. He was also appointed the director of the National Public Library and professor of English literature at the University of Buenos Aries in 1955. During his lifetime, Borges received the first Prix International Formentor Prize which he shared alongside Samuel Beckett in 1961. He also received the Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society in 1971.
On Mysticism
On Writing
On Argentina
Poems of the Night
The Sonnets
The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory
The Book of Imaginary Beings
Brodie's Report
The Aleph and Other Stories
A Universal History of Iniquity
Selected Non-Fictions
Selected Poems
Collected Fictions
Ficciones

Books

On Mysticism
On Writing
On Argentina
Poems of the Night
The Sonnets
The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory
The Book of Imaginary Beings
Brodie's Report
The Aleph and Other Stories
A Universal History of Iniquity
Selected Non-Fictions
Selected Poems
Collected Fictions
Ficciones

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