Definition of Jorge Luis Borges

1. Noun. Argentinian writer remembered for his short stories (1899-1986).

Exact synonyms: Borges, Jorge Borges
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jorge Luis Borges

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Jordan
Jordan's rule
Jordan River
Jordan almond
Jordan curve
Jordanella
Jordanella floridae
Jordanian
Jordanian Sign Language
Jordanian dinar
Jordanian monetary unit
Jordanians
Jordyn
Jorge Borges
Jorge Luis Borges (current term)
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa
Jorja
Joroslav Heyrovsky
Jos.
Jose
Jose Clemente Orozco
Jose Julian Marti
Jose Orozco
Josef Albers
Josef Hoffmann
Josef Michel Montgolfier
Josef von Sternberg
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Literary usage of Jorge Luis Borges

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing by Larry Chang (2006)
"Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986 ~ in Richard Burgin, Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges, 1969 It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your ..."

2. The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin (1997)
"This probably explains how Jorge Luis Borges constituted a metalanguage (of the quotes of quotes of quotes) for allegories whose object are fictions, ..."

3. Face to Face by Jeff W. O'Connell, Gabrielle Warnock (2000)
"... from The Library of Babel, a lovingly-crafted tale written by one of the most extravagant book lovers of the twentieth century, Jorge Luis Borges. ..."

4. My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World by Julian Dibbell (1998)
"This fable, as told or perhaps retold by the great Argentine storyteller Jorge Luis Borges, had long since worked its way into the mythologies of ..."

5. Buenos Aires and the Best of Argentina Alive! by Arnold Greenberg (2000)
"One of the most cerebral members of the group was the late Jorge Luis Borges, the brilliant essayist- writer who died several years ago at the age of 86. ..."

6. Space and the Architect: Lessons in Architecture 2 by Herman Hertzberger (2000)
"Jorge Luis Borges Spectacular though the week of the seminar undoubtedly is, it is merely the tip of the iceberg of preparations attendant on each new ..."

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