Borges, Jorge Luis Syllabification: (Bor·ges, Jorge Luis)Pronunciation: /ˈbôrˌhās/Definition of Borges, Jorge Luis (1899–1986), Argentine poet, short-story writer, and essayist. His volume of short stories A Universal History of Infamy (1935, revised 1954) is regarded as one of the first works of magic realism. Borges, Jorge Luis in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Borges, Jorge Luis in the British & World English dictionary