He read a lot. He went blind. Then he got old: who is Borges?

Jorge Luis Borges was born on August 24, 1899 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He had a family of English descent who had lost all their property. His father's fondness for literature led Jorge Luis Borges to take an interest in literature. He learned both languages at an early age, as both Spanish and English are used at home.

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.

He translated Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince into Spanish when he was 9 years old. In 1914, they went abroad for their father's eye surgery. When the First World War began, they stayed abroad. While continuing his education at Geneva Calvin College, he learned German, French, and Latin. During this period he was influenced by symbolism. Jorge Luis Borges returned to Buenos Aires in 1921 and published his first book two years later.

Since 1931, he started to write continuously in one of the most important journals in Argentina. After the death of his father, he started working in the library to make a living. During the Second World War, he was dismissed from the library due to his opposition to the government. Combining prose and poetry, the author produced many works with his unique writing style.

He gained worldwide fame with an award he received in France, and his works have been translated into many languages. He became one of the important writers of the 20th century. He passed away on June 14, 1986.

Details of his story

A man approached by saying, "The mirror is something else". He was born in Buenos Aires in 1899, the son of a father who was very interested in books. Argentine conditions of that time, are just like Argentine conditions of this time. It's hard, of course. Like all young intellectuals all over the world, he enters the garden of poetry through his father's door. He learns English before Spanish, and poetry before him. He spent his whole early youth reading. By reading and just reading. Constantly and constantly reading. By reading endlessly without knowing any nobler occupation.

Not only his youth but the one who passed on the edge of the library. In fact, he spends his entire life in front of books. Those magical libraries open the door to holy books, myths, tales, and legends. His childhood is not in the treetops but among the books and white blank papers... He tries to write by imitating what he reads. By the time he turned fifteen, he had two languages and could read in both. His father also taught him chess, philosophy, and literature.

His book-loving father would certainly support his son, who wanted to become a writer. He continued to read enthusiastically. At the age of 20, he translated Wilde's The Happy Prince into Spanish. On the 23rd, the first novel with a pen name followed: King of the Jungle. In 1914, he went to Geneva with his family for the treatment of his father. The First World War started and they had a happy war period without getting involved. Get on the record. At that time, first in French, then in German and Latin himself… The breadth of his language, the breadth of his world…

In 1919, after all the noise of the war was over, they first came to Spain and then back to Buenos Aires on the 21st. A few years later he published his first book. "My true storytelling begins with the Universal History of Vileness, first published in 1933," he would say years later. He collected the vagrants, bullies, and smugglers he knew closely from the neighborhood where he spent his childhood. Although he said 1933, the Borges we know today will appear in 1935. He is not aware of it yet, but the first work of "magical realism" has now appeared.

The place where the fate of everyone who writes meets in some way also touches him: financial difficulties. In 1937 he takes a job at the municipal library: his own paradise! He continued his life among the books until 1946. But it cannot stay away from the second of the world war, where they can skip the first. Both himself and his family… He has to resign. But time flies fast. He becomes President of the Argentine Writers Union in 1950. The military administration that overthrew Peron brings Borges to the Directorate of the National Library. He is still not famous, but he is king.

The Mysterious Librarian was virtually unknown until the early 1960s, despite dozens of huge artifacts. An award he shared with Beckett made it heard around the world. After the award, his reputation spread all over the world, of course. Many courses at various universities, these are the following. When Peron came back in 73, he too had to go back. Back: to Geneva…

He was born. He read the book. Traveled the world. He got involved in some events but stayed away from others. He traveled and taught. He also read other books. Then more others. He wrote a lot of books. Notes, stories, poems… He lived as one of the two fathers of magical realism. He read a lot. He went blind. Then he got old. He died in 1986 at the age of 86. We could actually finish this article by saying that he was the author of Alef. Let's finish by saying that he was the author of Alef, then.