Jorge Luis Borges was born in Buenos Aires in 1989 and was educated
in Europe. One of the most widely acclaimed writers of our time, he
published many collections of poems, essays, and short stories
before his death in Geneva in June 1986. In 1961 Borges shared the
International Publisher's prize with Samuel Beckett. The Ingram
Merrill Foundation granted him its Annual Literary Award in 1966
for his "outstanding contribution to literature." In 1971 Columbia
University awarded him the first of many degrees of Doctor of
Letters, honoris causa (eventually the list included both Oxford
and Cambridge), that he was to receive from the English-speaking
world. In 1971 he also received the fifth biennial Jerusalem Prize
and in 1973 was given one of Mexico's most prestigious cultural
awards, the Alfonso Reyes Prize. In 1980 he shared with Gerardo
Diego the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish world's highest literary
accolade. Borges was Director of the Argentine National Library
from 1955 until 1973.
Efrain Kristal (editor, introducer, notes) is a professor of
Spanish and comparative literature at the University of California,
Los Angeles, and the author of books on both Jorge Luis Borges and
Mario Vargas Llosa. He lives in Los Angeles.
Suzanne Jill Levine (general editor) is a professor of Latin
American literature and translation studies at the University of
California, Santa Barbara, and the distinguished translator of such
innovative Spanish American writers as Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo
Bioy Casares, Manuel Puig, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, and Julio
Cortazar. She lives in Santa Barbara, California.
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