José Luis Borges

GPTKB entity

Statements (68)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:essayist
gptkb:Writer
gptkb:poet
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:fantasy_literature
gptkb:Library
gptkb:philosophy
gptkb:literary_criticism
magical realism
Argentine literature
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Miguel_de_Cervantes_Prize
gptkb:National_Prize_for_Literature_(Argentina)
gptkb:International_Publishers'_Prize
gptkbp:birth_date 1899-08-24
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:Buenos_Aires
gptkbp:contribution philosophical fiction
metafiction
intertextuality
concept of infinite libraries
gptkbp:death_date 1986-06-14
gptkbp:famous_quote “ I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
“ The mind is a labyrinth.”
“ There is no greater illusion than the illusion of knowledge.”
“ I do not believe in the existence of the world.”
“ Time is a river that flows in both directions.”
gptkbp:has_influence_on gptkb:David_Foster_Wallace
gptkb:César_Aira
gptkb:Neil_Gaiman
gptkb:Haruki_Murakami
gptkb:Gabriel_García_Márquez
gptkb:Umberto_Eco
gptkb:Italo_Calvino
gptkb:Julio_Cortázar
Jorge Luis Borges (character)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label José Luis Borges
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Gabriel_García_Márquez
gptkb:Umberto_Eco
gptkb:Italo_Calvino
gptkb:Julio_Cortázar
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Franz_Kafka
gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Marcel_Proust
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:Edgar_Allan_Poe
gptkb:Walt_Whitman
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:literary_work
gptkb:short_stories
magical realism
philosophical essays
gptkbp:legacy influence on narrative structure
influence on literary theory
influence on postmodern literature
influence on magical realism
gptkbp:nationality Argentinian
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Aleph
gptkb:The_Book_of_Sand
gptkb:Ficciones
gptkb:El_Aleph
Labyrinths
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:translator
gptkb:librarians
gptkb:Professor
gptkbp:resting_place gptkb:Cemeterio_de_la_Recoleta
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Free_German_Youth
gptkb:Rosario,_Argentina
gptkb:La_Recoleta_Cemetery
gptkb:José_Ortega_y_Gasset
gptkb:Cemetery_of_La_Plata
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5