On Writing
A master class in the art of writing by one of its most distinguished and innovative practitioners
Delve into the labyrinth of Jorge Luis Borges’s thoughts on the theory and practice of literature, and learn from one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century not only what a writer does but also what a writer is. For the first time ever, here is a volume that brings together Borges’s wide-ranging reflections on writers, on the canon, on the craft of fiction and poetry, and on translation—an ars poetica of one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers.
Featuring many pieces appearing in English for the first time—including his groundbreaking early essay on magical realism, “Stories from Turkestan”—On Writing provides…
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June 29, 2010Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) was an Argentine poet, essayist, and author of short stories. His most notable works as a key literary Spanish-language figure of the twentieth century include Ficciones (Fictions) and El Aleph (The Aleph). He received a BA from the College of Geneva. He was also appointed the director of the National Public Library and professor of English literature at the University of Buenos Aries in 1955. During his lifetime, Borges received the first Prix International Formentor Prize which he shared alongside Samuel Beckett in 1961. He also received the Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society in 1971.
Great Ideas V the Perpetual Race of Achilles and the Tortoise
Jorge Luis Borges
On Argentina
Jorge Luis Borges
On Mysticism
Jorge Luis Borges
On Writing
Jorge Luis Borges
The Sonnets
Jorge Luis Borges
Poems of the Night
Jorge Luis Borges
The Book of Imaginary Beings
Jorge Luis Borges; Illustrated by Peter Sis
This Craft of Verse
Jorge Luis Borges
Selected Non-Fictions
Jorge Luis Borges; Edited by Eliot Weinberger; Translated by Esther Allen, Suzanne Jill Levine, and Eliot Weinberger
Selected Poems
Jorge Luis Borges; Edited by Alexander Coleman
Collected Fictions
Jorge Luis Borges; Translated by Andrew Hurley