Borges

[bawr-hes]

noun

Jor·ge Luis

[hawr-he lwees] /ˈhɔr hɛ lwis/, 1899–1986, Argentine poet, short-story writer, and philosophical essayist.

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Still other critics are baffled that Borges was influenced by such strange and disparate sources.
Borges Had A Genius For Literature But Not Love Or Much Else
Allen Barra
October 24, 2014
Over the next couple of years, though, some felt a letdown when they discovered that Borges had written no long works.
Borges Had A Genius For Literature But Not Love Or Much Else
Allen Barra
October 24, 2014
Borges had an almost Evelyn Waugh-like capacity for sucking up to the upper classes.
Borges Had A Genius For Literature But Not Love Or Much Else
Allen Barra
October 24, 2014
It was not a wise move, but then Borges was never known for wise moves except when writing.
Borges Had A Genius For Literature But Not Love Or Much Else
Allen Barra
October 24, 2014
Borges, at first, was oblivious to her absolute lack of intellectual acuity.
Borges Had A Genius For Literature But Not Love Or Much Else
Allen Barra
October 24, 2014

British Dictionary definitions for borges

Borges

noun

Jorge Luis (ˈxorxe lwis). 1899–1986, Argentinian poet, short-story writer, and literary scholar. The short stories collected in Ficciones (1944) he described as "games with infinity"

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