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Buenos Aires Remembers Jorge Luis Borges

Buenos Aires Remembers Jorge Luis Borges

Tuesday June 21, 2016

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Jorge Luis Borges, the famous Argentine writer that has captured the hearts of so many. Today’s On Sunday commemorates the legend that he is around the world.

Buenos Aires was always the favorite city of Jorge Luis Borges, and this was evident starting in his first works, such as Ferver de Buenos Aires (1923). Borges lived in the neighborhood called Palermo for 13 years during his childhood.

The writer said of the city that he loved so dearly, “In order to love Buenos Aires I had to leave and miss it more.” (more…)

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Remembering Jorge Luis Borges On His Birthday

Tuesday August 26, 2014

Born on the 24th of august in 1899 in Buenos Aires Jorge Luis Borges became one of the most unique literary figures of the twentieth century.

He was the master of the short story. Borges wrote tales of Argentina’s criminal underground and created fictional worlds that captured his wonder with the concept of infinitude. In his poems he writes about the unique culture and traditions of Buenos Aires, where he lived until his death in 1986. 

Many see it as an injustice that one of Latin America’s greatest writers (more…)

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