Novelist Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Living place: Buenos Aires
Birthday: 24-8-1899
Global rank: #49877
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Who is Novelist Jorge Luis Borges?
An Argentine writer, poet, and translator, he is known for his short story collections such as Ficciones (1944) and El Aleph (1949). His other famous works include A World History of Infamy (1935) and The Garden forking Paths (1941).
He was discouraged by the fact that he never received the Nobel Prize in Literature. However, in 1961 he shared the international Prix prestige with playwright Samuel Beckett.
An Argentine writer, poet, and translator, he is known for his short story collections such as Ficciones (1944) and El Aleph (1949). His other famous works include A World History of Infamy (1935) and The Garden forking Paths (1941).
He was discouraged by the fact that he never received the Nobel Prize in Literature. However, in 1961 he shared the international Prix prestige with playwright Samuel Beckett.
He was born into an educated family; he had been reading Shakespeare's plays by the time he was twelve; at only nine years old he had translated one of Oscar Wilde's works into Spanish. He graduated from the College de Geneve in 1918.
He was briefly married to Elsa Astete Millan; he later married Maria Kodama, his longtime personal assistant. He died in Geneva, Switzerland at the age of eighty-six.
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He, like author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, frequently wrote works of magical realism.
He, like author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, frequently wrote works of magical realism.
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When was Novelist Jorge Luis Borges born?
Jorge Luis Borges was born in 24-8-1899, death year is , at the age of 125.
Where is Novelist Jorge Luis Borges's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Jorge Luis Borges was born in Buenos Aires, of Argentina. Là Novelist, whose Zodiac is Virgo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Jorge Luis Borges's global rank is 49877 and whose rank is 381 in list of famous Novelist.
Jorge Luis Borges was born in 24-8-1899, death year is , at the age of 125.
Where is Novelist Jorge Luis Borges's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Jorge Luis Borges was born in Buenos Aires, of Argentina. Là Novelist, whose Zodiac is Virgo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Jorge Luis Borges's global rank is 49877 and whose rank is 381 in list of famous Novelist.
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Birthday Jorge Luis Borges (24-8) in history
- Day 24-8 year 79: The volcano Vesuvius suddenly awoke and erupted lava that buried the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
- Day 24-8 year 1572: A dark day for the Huguenots when 70,000 French Protestants were massacred on Saint Bartholomew's Day.
- Day 24-8 year 1814: The British set fire to the White House and the Capitol when they invaded Washington, DC during the War of 1812.
- Day 24-8 year 1821: Mexico gained its independence from Spain with the Treaty of Cordoba.
- Day 24-8 year 1949: The North Atlantic Treaty went into effect.
- Day 24-8 year 1968: France became the world's fifth nuclear power as it exploded a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.
- Day 24-8 year 1989: Pete Rose was banned from baseball for gambling.
- Day 24-8 year 1991: Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as the general secretary of the Communist Party after a failed coup attempt against him.
- Day 24-8 year 1992: Hurricane Andrew hit Florida, causing record damage.
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