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Selected Poems (Penguin Modern Classics) (in English)
Jorge Luis Borges
Synopsis "Selected Poems (Penguin Modern Classics) (in English)"
Universally acclaimed for his dazzling fictions, Jorge Luis Borges always considered himself to be first and foremost a poet.This collection of his poetry, the largest ever to be assambled in English (alongside the original Spanish), includes scores of pieces that have never previously been translated.Selected from a lifetime's work, the poems explore themes that preoccupied Borges:the enigma of Time and history, the metaphysics of Schopenhauer and Berkeley; the cult of his ancestors and his mysterious habit called Buenos Aires; and the imagery of mirrors,mazes and swords.The brilliance of the original Spanish is in each case matched by luminous English version by an impressive array of translators.
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges (Buenos Aires, 24 de agosto de 1899 - Ginebra, 14 de junio de 1986) fue un escritor, poeta, ensayista y traductor argentino, extensamente considerado una figura clave tanto para la literatura en habla hispana como para la literatura universal.
Sus dos libros más conocidos, Ficciones y El Aleph, publicados en los años cuarenta, son recopilaciones de cuentos conectados por temas comunes como los sueños, los laberintos, las bibliotecas, los espejos, los autores ficticios y las mitologías europeas; sus argumentos exploran ideas filosóficas relacionadas, por ejemplo, con la memoria, la eternidad, la posmodernidad y la metaficción.
La obra de Borges ha contribuido ampliamente a la literatura filosófica, al género fantástico y al posestructuralismo, e influyó profundamente en el realismo mágico de la literatura latinoamericana durante el siglo XX.
