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August 24 marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of the great Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. As in many previous years, I’m paying tribute to him on his birthday, …
25 Eclectic Resources for 125 Years of Jorge Luis Borges Read More »
August 24 is the 124th anniversary of the birth of Jorge Luis Borges, and I imagine he’d have appreciated the near-symmetry of those numbers. As I have done for a number …
Take Your Seats For the Jorge Luis Borges Self-Study Fall 2023 Semester Read More »
August 24 marked the 123rd anniversary of the birth of Jorge Luis Borges. That means it’s time for my yearly blog post dedicated to his life and work. In honor …
Your Jorge Luis Borges Self-Study Fall 2022 Semester Read More »
Hermann Simon, Founder and Honorary Chairman, Simon-Kucher & Partners, and author of the recent book Many Worlds, One Life: A Remarkable Journey from Farmhouse to the Global Stage, is one …
Hermann Simon, Peter Drucker, and Jorge Luis Borges: Men of Many Worlds Read More »
“We see how marvelous the world is and how interconnected things are.” – Jorge Luis Borges, in the 1977 Buenos Aires lecture “The Thousand and One Nights”; published in Seven …
Jorge Luis Borges, Charles R. Larson, and Vartan Gregorian: Matters of Life and Death Read More »
August 24 marked 121 years since the birth of Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges. In most years since 2009, I’ve written about him around the anniversary of his birth. In …
Jorge Luis Borges and the Search for Knowledge in Uncertain Times Read More »
“There is no whole self. He who defines personal identity as the private possession of some depository of memories is mistaken.” – Jorge Luis Borges, “The Nothingness of Personality”; translated …
20 Assorted Links For Celebrating 120 Years of Jorge Luis Borges Read More »
Last week, to honor the August 24, 1899 birth of the Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges, I wrote about 19 Eclectic Books for 119 Years of Borges. This week I …
“The fact is that each writer creates his precursors. His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future.” – Jorge Luis Borges, Kafka and His …
Jorge Luis Borges was born 118 years ago today, on August 24, 1899. The Borges Boom shows no signs of decline: his literary influence remains strong, he is quoted and …