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Borg Svemann,
Woodworker
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Well, it is known that Jorge Luis Borges was "mythically" attracted by the Nordic countries and to "the words with which the rugged Nord sang its seas and its swords.
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Pablo Escobar, Jorge Luis Ochoa, Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha and Carlos Lehder were the main leaders.
Although Jorge Luis Borges published his first book in 1923--doling out his own money for a limited edition of Fervor de Buenos Aires --he remained in Argentinian obscurity for almost three decades.
Rodolfo Wilcock was born in Buenos Aires and belonged to the literary group surrounding Jorge Luis Borges.
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Miguel Cortez,
Small Business Owner
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There were fine performances all around, with exceptional performances by both bongosero Jorge Gonz lez and tres player Luis Rodr guez.
Jorge Luis Borges at 100: A Lecture by Carlos Fuentes The Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes delivered a presentation about Borges on October 18 at New York City's 92nd Street Y.
This translation was very generously carried out by Luis Jorge Aguilar Gómez in 2002; Luis then has allowed me to place it on this site for Spanish readers' enjoyment.
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Keith Tennant,
Factory Worker
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Bennett was born in1867 in Hanley (which was also the home town of Edward Smith, Captain of the Titanic and Frances Haslam, grandmother of Jorge Luis Borges) but he left the Potteries in 1889 for London.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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He and Jorge Luis have co-led Sacred Journeys, as well as several expeditions deep into the Andes to search for the lost Monastery of the Seven Rays, legendary repository of the Lemurian teachings that were brought to the Andes by the sages Aramu Muru and Arama Mara.
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Anita Ganesh,
Poet
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Jorge Luis Borges in This Craft of Verse (his collected Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, 1967-1968) made the following statement: ‘Poetry is not alien – poetry is, as we shall see, lurking around the corner.
His stories of occult nightmare and cosmic terror have drawn praise from William S Burroughs , Angela Carter and Jorge Luis Borges and continue to inspire new generations of writers and artists.
While there may be some debate as to whether the Argentinian Jorge Luis Borges was technically a Magical Realist, some may feel that his works definitely do have some of the characteristics of what is considered Magical Realistic literature.
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