In 1914, his family moved to switzerland where he attended school and traveled to spain. I know of borges from the mail and see his name on a list of professors or in a biographical dictionary. Jorge luis borges al otro, a borges, es a quien le ocurren las cosas. Afterword in praise of darkness 1969 foreword the ethnographer pedro salvadores legend a prayer his end and his beginning brodies report 1970 foreword the interloper unworthy the story from rosendo juarez the encounter juan murana the elderly lady the duel. Though universally acclaimed for his dazzling fictions, jorge luis borges always considered himself first and foremost a poet. To the other one, to borges, is to whom things happen. Borges y yo jorge luis borges ciudad seva luis lopez nieves. Mi vanidad y mi nostalgia han armado una escena imposible. Al otro, a borges, es a quien le ocurren las cosas. Jorge luis borges borges and i the other one, the one called borges, is the one things happen to. Aug 25, 1983 borges and i museum on exactitude in science in memoriam, j. Borges y yo jorge luis borges ciudad seva luis lopez.
He often wrote stories with heavy philosophical underpinnings. Jorge luis borges was an influential spanish short story writer. Borges and i, borges y yo anagrammatically correct. This newly translated piece by jorge luis borges appears in the fsg book of twentiethcentury latin american poetry. I walk 3 through the streets of buenos aires and stop for a moment, perhaps mechanically now, to look at the arch of an entrance hall and the grillwork on the gate. Mar 20, 2017 borges y yo jorge luis borges mary estrada.
Borges y yo jorge luis borges by orlando mayorga on prezi. Jorge luis borges translated by andrew hurley allen lane the penguin press published by the penguin group. Narrativa borges y yo jorge luis borges al otro, a borges, es a quien le ocurren las cosas. Jorge luis borges 18991986 borges y yo al otro, a borges, es a quien le ocurren las cosas. At age nine, jorge luis borges translated oscar wildes the happy prince into spanish.
Ilan stavans, the books editor and the translator of borges and i, stopped by the fsg offices to record the piece in spanish and english for us. The other one, the one called borges 1, is the one things happen to 2. Borges and i originally in spanish borges y yo is a short story by the argentine writer and poet jorge luis borges. Y recorde ese otro texto, borges y yo, donde escribe. In this lesson, well look at his short story, borges and i. Jorge luis borges buenos aires, 1899 ginebra, suiza, 1986 escritor argentino. Jorge francisco isidoro luis borges acevedo, usually referred to as jorge luis borges spanish pronunciation. Borges haslam wed leonor acevedo suarez in 1898 and their offspring also included the painter norah borges, sister of jorge luis borges.