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Siete noches
Siete memorables conferencias dictadas por Borges en el Teatro Coliseo de Buenos Aires durante los meses de junio, julio y agosto de 1977. Especie de "testamento" literario, como él mismo afirmó, Siete noches cruza los temas que más obsesionaron a Borges a lo largo de su La Divina Comedia y Las mil y una noches, el budismo y la cábala, la pesadilla, la poesía y la ceguera
192 pages, Paperback
Published August 8, 2023
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Jorge Luis Borges
1,594 books14.4k followersJorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known works, Ficciones (transl. Fictions) and El Aleph (transl. The Aleph), published in the 1940s, are collections of short stories exploring motifs such as dreams, labyrinths, chance, infinity, archives, mirrors, fictional writers and mythology. Borges's works have contributed to philosophical literature and the fantasy genre, and have had a major influence on the magic realist movement in 20th century Latin American literature.
Born in Buenos Aires, Borges later moved with his family to Switzerland in 1914, where he studied at the Collège de Genève. The family travelled widely in Europe, including Spain. On his return to Argentina in 1921, Borges began publishing his poems and essays in surrealist literary journals. He also worked as a librarian and public lecturer. In 1955, he was appointed director of the National Public Library and professor of English Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. He became completely blind by the age of 55. Scholars have suggested that his progressive blindness helped him to create innovative literary symbols through imagination. By the 1960s, his work was translated and published widely in the United States and Europe. Borges himself was fluent in several languages.
In 1961, he came to international attention when he received the first Formentor Prize, which he shared with Samuel Beckett. In 1971, he won the Jerusalem Prize. His international reputation was consolidated in the 1960s, aided by the growing number of English translations, the Latin American Boom, and by the success of Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. He dedicated his final work, The Conspirators, to the city of Geneva, Switzerland. Writer and essayist J.M. Coetzee said of him: "He, more than anyone, renovated the language of fiction and thus opened the way to a remarkable generation of Spanish-American novelists."
Born in Buenos Aires, Borges later moved with his family to Switzerland in 1914, where he studied at the Collège de Genève. The family travelled widely in Europe, including Spain. On his return to Argentina in 1921, Borges began publishing his poems and essays in surrealist literary journals. He also worked as a librarian and public lecturer. In 1955, he was appointed director of the National Public Library and professor of English Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. He became completely blind by the age of 55. Scholars have suggested that his progressive blindness helped him to create innovative literary symbols through imagination. By the 1960s, his work was translated and published widely in the United States and Europe. Borges himself was fluent in several languages.
In 1961, he came to international attention when he received the first Formentor Prize, which he shared with Samuel Beckett. In 1971, he won the Jerusalem Prize. His international reputation was consolidated in the 1960s, aided by the growing number of English translations, the Latin American Boom, and by the success of Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. He dedicated his final work, The Conspirators, to the city of Geneva, Switzerland. Writer and essayist J.M. Coetzee said of him: "He, more than anyone, renovated the language of fiction and thus opened the way to a remarkable generation of Spanish-American novelists."
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September 6, 2025
uno de los mejores libros que he leido del año.
Borges tiene un don intelectual que aun no he encontrado en algun otro escritor.
En estas siete conferencias la figura de Borges se humaniza de una manera sentimental
el budismo
las mil y una noches
la poesia
su ceguera
el oficio de escribir
son algunos de los tantos temas que se abordan a traves de sus palabras... ¿que nos hace leer lo que leemos?
que nos hace ser lo que somos?
es un libro que se volverá un oraculo en mi biblioteca
¿a que Borges eliminarias?
al poeta
al ensayista
el cuentista
al conferencista?
no tengo la menor idea
Borges tiene un don intelectual que aun no he encontrado en algun otro escritor.
En estas siete conferencias la figura de Borges se humaniza de una manera sentimental
el budismo
las mil y una noches
la poesia
su ceguera
el oficio de escribir
son algunos de los tantos temas que se abordan a traves de sus palabras... ¿que nos hace leer lo que leemos?
que nos hace ser lo que somos?
es un libro que se volverá un oraculo en mi biblioteca
¿a que Borges eliminarias?
al poeta
al ensayista
el cuentista
al conferencista?
no tengo la menor idea
August 16, 2025
La dosis del Borges conferencista de todos los años.
August 25, 2025
simplemente increíble. quedé completamente enamorada de la manera en la que este hombre se expresa. cada palabra se siente llena de propósito.
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