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Borges, Jorge Luis
(Jorge Luis Bor¦ges)
Pronunciation:
/ˈbɔːxɛs/
(
1899–1986
)
, Argentinian poet, short-story writer, and essayist. The volume of short stories
A Universal History of Infamy
(1935, revised 1954) is regarded as a founding work of magic realism.
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Borgesian
adjective
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