Jorge Luis Borges

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Jorge Luis Borges โ€“ 20th-century Argentine writer, author of The Aleph and The Library of Babel, master of metaphysical fiction. His stories of labyrinths, mirrors, and infinity shaped postmodernism. Borges became a symbol of literature erasing the line between reality and imagination.

๐Ÿ“š Borges worked as a librarian most of his life, calling paradise โ€œa kind of library.โ€ ๐Ÿ‘“ He went blind in middle age but continued dictating his works. ๐Ÿ”ฎ Infinity, time, and paradox were his signature themes. ๐ŸŒŽ Blended European traditions with Latin American roots. ๐Ÿ–‹ Loved inventing fictional books and authors that seemed real. ๐ŸŽ“ Taught at Harvard, influencing English-language literature. โœจ His style has been described as โ€œconcise infinity.โ€ โš”๏ธ Fascinated by Norse sagas, he wrote essays on Vikings. ๐Ÿ† Won the Cervantes Prize but was denied the Nobel. ๐Ÿ˜‚ Fun fact: he joked that blindness was โ€œthe best gift of the gods to a writer who values imagination above colours.โ€