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The anniversaries of June 14 They bring together different events and anniversaries that happened on a day like today, Friday which marks a new anniversary of the death of Jorge Luis Borges.
He famous writer He was born on August 24, 1899 in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo. He became internationally acclaimed for his poems and storiesand is considered a key figure in both the literature Spanish-speaking as in the world. His best-known books are Fictions and The Alephboth published in the 1940s. In addition to his vocation for writing, also worked as a university professor, essayist and translator. He received many recognitions and awards for his work, but he was never able to obtain the Nobel Prize in Literaturedespite having been nominated for 30 years.
Borges died on June 14, 1986 at the age of 86 in Geneva, Switzerland.. She was a victim of liver cancer and pulmonary emphysema. His remains remain on Swiss soil, precisely in the Cemetery of the Kings.
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