Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo was born on 24 August 1899 at 8 p.m. in a house on Calle Tucumán, Buenos Aires. His father, Jorge Guillermo Borges, was a Spencerian lawyer and philosopher with literary aspirations. His mother, Leonor Rita Acevedo Suárez was one of the key figures in the writer's life. When, from the late 1940s onwards, the Bonaventure author's eyesight began to weaken due to a hereditary disease that would lead to his blindness towards the end of the 1950s, she became, as she herself puts it, 'los ojos y las manos de mi Jorge'.The name of Jorge Luis Borges will pro
Already subscribed? Login →
Continue reading:
7,99€ per month, or 59€ per year
Invest in culture, in beauty, in a better future.
You can unsubscribe whenever you want.
or