Borges

Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo, known as Jorge Luis Borges, was born August 24, 1899, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and died June 14, 1986, in Geneva, Switzerland. He was a writer, poet, essayist and translator whose work is widely regarded as among the most important in 20th-century literature.

His most famous books are the short story collections Ficciones (1944; expanded 1956) and The Aleph (1949). The stories, including "The Library of Babel," "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote," and "The Aleph," are celebrated for their precise prose, intricate intellectual puzzles, and a sensibility that blends philosophy, theology, and metafiction.

Borges's fiction often explores infinite regress, labyrinths, mirrors, language, and the nature of reality and authorship. He employed fictional authorities, invented books, and editorial frames to question epistemology and the limits of human knowledge. His work influenced postmodern and speculative fiction and helped redefine Latin American literature's international stature, even as he rejected simple genre labels.

Written primarily in Spanish, Borges's works have been translated into many languages and widely studied. He remained an influential figure in literary criticism and cultural debates, and his legacy continues to be felt across global literature.