Borges, Jorge Luis
Borges, Jorge Luis (1899–1986),Argentinian poet, literary critic, and short‐story writer. He is reputed, together with his compatriot Julio Cortázar, to have written some of the best short stories in the Spanish language. Furthermore, he has been considered one of the most outstanding figures in contemporary world literature. Most of Borges's stories belong to the genre of fantastic literature. He has borrowed a good number of stylistic traits from Edgar Allen Poe and Franz Kafka, and, according to some critics, he is likewise indebted to E. T. A. Hoffmann and Lovecraft. Nevertheless, the fantastic genre in Borges's hands underwent a drastic and unique transformation, since he used his fiction to explore philosophical ideas. As a result of this, his literature is profoundly complex and erudite. Borges's first collection of tales was Historia universal...
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