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Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine writer, poet, and essayist Jorge Luis Borges explored the perplexities of life in his work, using symbolism, metaphor, and fantasy to create an intensely subjective fictional world. Ficciónes (1945) and other collections of his short stories place him among the most important and innovative literary figures of the 20th century. Borges is pictured here on his 82nd birthday in 1981.
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Latin American Literature; Argentina; Short Story; Borges, Jorge Luis
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