Jorge Luis Borges
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Jorge Luis Borges (August 24, 1899 – June 14, 1986), was an Argentine writer who is considered one of the foremost literary figures of the 20th century. Best-known in the English speaking world for his short stories and fictive essays, Borges was also a poet, critic, translator and man of letters. He was influenced by authors such as Dante Alighieri, Miguel de Cervantes, Franz Kafka, H.G. Wells and G. K. Chesterton. [1] [Apr 2007]
Antologìa de la Literatura Fantàstica
The Book of Fantasy (originally Antologìa de la Literatura Fantàstica) is an anthology of appromixately 81 fantastic English short stories, fragments, excerpts, and poems edited by Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Silvina Ocampo. It was first published in Argentina in 1940, and revised in 1965 and 1976. The 1988 Viking Penguin edition for English-speaking countries includes a foreword by Ursula K. Le Guin.
