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Jorge Luis Borges

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Noun1.Jorge Luis Borges - Argentinian writer remembered for his short stories (1899-1986)


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The impact of Jorge Luis Borges upon 20th-century Latin American literature has been profound.
In one essay Crouch describes Duke Ellington, Ernest Hemingway, and Jorge Luis Borges as artists who successfully transcend conventions to discover underlying truths and realities, happy and tragic, cruel and exhilarating, in worlds and peoples beyond their immediate circumstances.
This quote summarises a long list of initiatives in which the painter has collaborated, such as the foundation of El Pochote film centre, the Manuel Alvarez Bravo photographic centre and the Jorge Luis Borges library for blind people.
 
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