Jorge Luis Borges was born on 24 August 1899 in Buenos Aires. An Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator, Borges is among the most influential authors of the twentieth century. He is best known for short stories collected in Ficciones and The Aleph, which explore labyrinths, mirrors, infinity, libraries and the nature of time and reality, often in a form that mixes fiction with essay. He spent several years in Europe as a youth and later directed the National Library of Argentina, even as he went blind. Although he was widely expected to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, he never did. His work influenced writers around the world.
Before and after
- 21 July 1899Birth of Ernest Hemingway
- 29 July 1899Founding of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
- from August 1899 to September 1901Boxer Rebellion
- 13 August 1899Birth of Alfred Hitchcock
- 24 August 1899Birth of Jorge Luis Borges
- 31 August 1899Founding of Olympique de Marseille
- 11 October 1899Boer Wars
- from 11 October 1899 to 31 May 1902Second Boer War
- 19 October 1899Birth of Miguel Ángel Asturias
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