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Jorge Luis Borges (1899, Buenos Aires
-1986, Geneva) was an Argentine poet, essayist, translator and short-story
writer whose works have become classics of 20th-century world literature. Two
o his most famous books, Ficciones (1944) and The Aleph (1949),
are compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes such as
dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, animals, fictional writers, philosophy,
religion and God. His works have contributed to philosophical literature and
also to magical realism.
Borges and María Kodama got married in a
civil proceeding in Paraguay on April 26, 1986.
At 40 he suffered a severe head wound
that finally made his blood poisoning: he developed septicemia, and for a month
hovered between life and death. After this experience, Borges began
playing with a new style of writing for which he would become famous.
Surprisingly he didn´t win the Nobel Prize.
"Emma Zunz", published in 1949 in the book called The Aleph, is one of his best short stories.
"Emma Zunz", published in 1949 in the book called The Aleph, is one of his best short stories.
