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Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges (24 August 1899 14 June 1986) was an Argentine writer. His output includes short stories, essays, poetry, literary criticism, and translations. He was influenced by Dante Alighieri, Miguel de Cervantes, Franz Kafka, H. G. Wells, Rudyard Kipling, H. P. Lovecraft, Arthur Schopenhauer, G. K. Chesterton, Leopoldo Lugones, and R. L. Stevenson.
Parents
Borges's mother, Leonor Acevedo Suarez, came from an old Uruguayan family. His 1929 book Cuaderno San Martin included a poem "Isidoro Acevedo," commemorating his maternal grandfather, Isidoro de Acevedo Laprida, a soldier of the Buenos Aires Army who fought against Juan Manuel de ...
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