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La moneda de hierro/Historia de la noche/Siete noches
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Jorge Luis Borges
1,597 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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March 26, 2020
La moneda de hierro y Historia de la noche hacen parte de la colección más personal en la poesía de Borges, donde deja ver ese amor inconmensurable por la literatura y toda su mística. Hay referencias a su ceguera en versos muy profundos y brillantes.
Siete noches consiste en la transcripción de siete conferencias que dio Borges, donde tocó temas literarios y personales. La conferencia sobre La Divina Comedia es tan hermosa y brillante que me motivó a leer de nuevo el canto de Dante. La cantidad de datos, citas y bibliografía que entrega Borges sobre Las mil y una noches, la poesía en general, la cábala y otros temas, hacen que estas conferencias sean de obligatoria lectura para cualquier aficionado. La última conferencia sobre la ceguera es conmovedora desde la narrativa y la vivencia.
Siete noches consiste en la transcripción de siete conferencias que dio Borges, donde tocó temas literarios y personales. La conferencia sobre La Divina Comedia es tan hermosa y brillante que me motivó a leer de nuevo el canto de Dante. La cantidad de datos, citas y bibliografía que entrega Borges sobre Las mil y una noches, la poesía en general, la cábala y otros temas, hacen que estas conferencias sean de obligatoria lectura para cualquier aficionado. La última conferencia sobre la ceguera es conmovedora desde la narrativa y la vivencia.
October 20, 2020
Siete noches me encantó, fue de las mejores cosas que leí. La poesía de Borges creo que no es mi tipo y por eso no la disfruté tanto. Pero esas conferencias fueron magistrales.
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