Jorge Luis Borges Haslam

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gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:artMovement Modernism
Surrealism
Existentialism
gptkbp:associatedAct gptkb:Victoria_Ocampo
gptkb:Silvina_Ocampo
Adolfo Bioy Casares
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Miguel_de_Cervantes_Prize
gptkb:Borges_International_Prize
gptkb:International_Publishers'_Prize
gptkbp:born August 24, 1899
gptkbp:children María_Kodama
Jorge_Francisco_Borges
gptkbp:died June 14, 1986
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Buenos_Aires
gptkb:University_of_Geneva
gptkbp:famousFor Poetry
Short stories
Essays
gptkbp:famousQuote “Reality is not always probable, or likely.”
“I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.”
“The library is a great metaphor for the universe.”
“I_have_always_imagined_that_Paradise_will_be_a_kind_of_library.”
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Jorge_Francisco_Isidoro_Luis_Borges_Haslam
gptkbp:genre Fantasy
Magical realism
Philosophical fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jorge Luis Borges Haslam
gptkbp:influences gptkb:H.G._Wells
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:Edgar_Allan_Poe
gptkb:William_Faulkner
gptkbp:inspiration Magic realism
Postmodern literature
Literary_theory
gptkbp:language gptkb:Spanish
gptkbp:nationality Argentinian
gptkbp:notableWorks gptkb:The_Aleph
Ficciones
Labyrinths
gptkbp:occupation Writer
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Buenos_Aires,_Argentina
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Geneva,_Switzerland
gptkbp:restingPlace Cimetière_des_Rois
gptkbp:spouse Elsa_Astete_Millán
gptkbp:website www.borges.pitt.edu