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Learn about the life and achievements of Jorge Luis Borges, a pioneer of postmodernist literature and a master of metafiction, essays, and poetry. Explore his influences, style, themes, and legacy in this comprehensive biography.
Many of his poems explore metaphysical and existential themes, drawing inspiration from sources as diverse as ancient mythology, medieval literature, and modern philosophy. Borges' work has had a profound influence on subsequent generations of writers, inspiring authors such as Italo Calvino, Gabriel García Márquez, and Umberto Eco.
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) was an Argentine writer, essayist, and poet known for his works which contributed to philosophical literature and the fantasy genre. His complex and allusive poems often delve into themes of the universe, infinity, mirrors, labyrinths, and the nature of time and reality.
Biography and the most beautiful poems by Jorge Luis Borges in English: Adam Cast Forth, Shinto, A Wolf, On His Blindness, I Ask Myself
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Eight Poems by Jorge Luis Borges 1. Rain Evening, a sudden clearing of the mist, For now a fine, soft rain is freshening. It falls and it did fall. Rain is a thing That no doubt always happens in the past. Hearing it fall, the senses will be led Back to a blessèd time that first disclosed To the child a flower that was called the rose
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Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges exerted a strong influence on the direction of literary fiction through his genre-bending metafictions, essays, and poetry. Borges was a founder, and principal practitioner, of postmodernist literature, a movement in which literature distances itself from life situations in favor of...
We talked and you have forgotten the words. The shattering dawn finds me in a deserted street of my city. Your profile turned away, the sounds that go to make your name, the lilt of your laughter: these are the illustrious toys you have left me.
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