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Diálogos: Jorge Luis Borges, Osvaldo Ferrari
Spanish
- GenresBiography
384 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1995
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Jorge Luis Borges
1,590 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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November 28, 2018
Libro que toma una serie de entrevistas que Ferrari hace a Borges. Disfrutable y didáctico, la visión particular que tiene el maestro sobre cuestiones muy distintas permite visualizar cosas muy conocidas ya desde un nuevo punto de vista que enriquece.
Lo único que critico es que las transcripciones mantienen los latiguillos y repeticiones propias de la oralidad, lo que por momentos impide una lectura fluida.
Lo único que critico es que las transcripciones mantienen los latiguillos y repeticiones propias de la oralidad, lo que por momentos impide una lectura fluida.
August 20, 2025
Que decir que no haya dicho antes. Siempre es un placer escuchar a Borges hablar. El tema es poco importante.
December 14, 2025
Excelente libro, como todo lo de Borges! Tiene partes muy buenas
January 10, 2021
Maravilloso libro con los diálogos de l emisión radial con Ferrari en el 84. Sería genial que alguien que entienda, pueda explicar cuáles son los diálogos que se encuentran en qué ediciones porque estos diálogos han sido impresos en diferentes tomos en distintas editoriales y no estoy segura de haberme perdido interesantes diálogos. Conseguí Reencuentro que es de sudamericana y que incluye los diálogos inéditos pero seguramente me esté perdiendo otros que estén en diferentes ediciones. Todos los temas que tratan son un placer porque no se necesita mucho con un interlocutor como Borges.
August 12, 2025
Lo mejor de este libro (para mí) es que página a página el mismo Borges se encarga de derribar cada uno de los mitos y acusaciones que se fueron levantando en contra de su figura, hecho lamentable porque en general tienden a configurarlo como un escritor no-terrenal, soberbio, y lo aleja de lo popular. Cualquiera que tenga un gramo de curiosidad puede leer y disfrutar al más grande escritor argentino de todos los tiempos. Misma curiosidad que se ve en cada cosa que dice en este libro, y se nota en su amor por la literatura, la escritura y la humanidad.
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