Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine writer, 1899-1986
Borges was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish language literature. His best-known books, Ficciones (Fictions) and El Aleph (The Aleph), published in the 1940s, are compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, fictional writers, philosophy, and religion. Literary critics have described Borges as Latin America’s monumental writer. Borges’ works have contributed to philosophical literature and also to the fantasy genre.
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Schriftsteller (1899-1986). Autograph manuscript signed ("Jorge Borges"). O. O. 4 SS. auf 3 Bll. 8vo.
$ 16,118 / 15.000 €
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This Spanish translation of Keats's ballad "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" is by far the earliest manuscript by Borges to have surfaced at international auctions or in the trade during recent decades. - Slightly browned due to paper; some slight paper defects, otherwise very well preserved.