Selected Poems Though universally acclaimed for his dazzling fictions Jorge Luis Borges always considered himself first and foremost a poet This new bilingual selection brings together some two hundred poems the la

Though universally acclaimed for his dazzling fictions, Jorge Luis Borges always considered himself first and foremost a poet This new bilingual selection brings together some two hundred poems the largest collection of Borges poetry ever assembled in English, including scores of poems never previously translated Edited by Alexander Coleman, the selection draws from aThough universally acclaimed for his dazzling fictions, Jorge Luis Borges always considered himself first and foremost a poet This new bilingual selection brings together some two hundred poems the largest collection of Borges poetry ever assembled in English, including scores of poems never previously translated Edited by Alexander Coleman, the selection draws from a lifetime s work from Borges first published volume of verse, Fervor de Buenos Aires 1923 , to his final work, Los Conjurados, published just a year before his death in 1986 Throughout this unique collection the brilliance of the Spanish originals is matched by luminous English versions by a remarkable cast of translators, including Robert Fitzgerald, Stephen Kessler, W S Merwin, Alastair Reid, Mark Strand, Charles Tomlinson, and John Updike.For than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English speaking world With than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up to date translations by award winning translators.
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Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo, usually referred to as Jorge Luis Borges Spanish pronunciation xo xe lwis bo xes , was an Argentine writer and poet born in Buenos Aires In 1914, his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school and traveled to Spain On his return to Argentina in 1921, Borges began publishing his poems and essays in Surrealist literary journals He also worked as a librarian and public lecturer Borges was fluent in several languages He was a target of political persecution during the Peron regime and supported the military juntas that overthrew it.Due to a hereditary condition, Borges became blind in his late fifties In 1955, he was appointed director of the National Public Library Biblioteca Nacional and professor of Literature at the University of Buenos Aires In 1961, he came to international attention when he received the first International Publishers Prize Prix Formentor His work was translated and published widely in the United States and in Europe He died in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1986.J M Coetzee said of Borges He, than anyone, renovated the language of fiction and thus opened the way to a remarkable generation of Spanish American novelists.