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Borges (surname)
Borges (, ) is a Portuguese and Spanish surname. Jorge Luis Borges, the most notable person with this name, notes that his family name, like Burgess in English, means "of the town", "bourgeois".Richard Burgin (editor), ''Jorge Luis Borges: Conversations (Literary Conversations)'', 1998, page 227. "Now, the name Borges itself is not Jewish. Borges is the same as Burgess in English; it means "bourgeois," man of the ''burg'', the town, as in Edinburgh, Hamburg, Rothenburg, Burgos in Spain..." Notable people with the surname include: * António Borges (1949–2013), Portuguese economist and banker * António Borges (equestrian) (1906–2011), Portuguese horse rider *Carlos Borges (1932–2014), Uruguayan footballer *Celso Borges (born 1988), Costa Rican footballer * Fernanda Borges, East Timorese politician * Francisco L. Borges (born 1951), American politician born in Cape Verde *Graciela Borges (born 1941), Argentine actress *Gustavo Borges (born 1972), Brazilian swimmer *Hernâni Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (; ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, as well as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known books, ''Ficciones'' (''Fictions'') and '' El Aleph'' (''The Aleph''), published in the 1940s, are collections of short stories exploring themes of dreams, labyrinths, chance, infinity, archives, mirrors, fictional writers and mythology. Borges' works have contributed to philosophical literature and the fantasy genre, and majorly influenced the magic realist movement in 20th century Latin American literature.Theo L. D'Haen (1995) "Magical Realism and Postmodernism: Decentering Privileged Centers", in: Louis P. Zamora and Wendy B. Faris, ''Magical Realism: Theory, History and Community''. Duhan and London, Duke University Press, pp. 191–208. Born in Buenos Aires, Borges later moved with his family to Switzerland in 1914, where he studied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
