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| Borges left out of Lost | February 22, 2010 |
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The TV series LOST almost used Borges´ poem entitled "Chess" but, due to copyright reasons, decided to go for a similar poem by Persian poet Omar Khayyam, as reported by Clarín newspaper.
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| Funes the memorious and neurological research | February 04, 2010 |
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Clarin newspaper from Argentina has published an article in which neurologist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga states that the famous Borges story "Funes the memorious" anticipates his research on neuronal ...
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| Borges in Japan | January 16, 2010 |
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A congress on Borges and his many relationships with Japanese literature was held in Roppongi, Tokio.
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| Borges in the bars of Buenos Aires | January 11, 2010 |
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A public initative, as reported by La Nación newspaper, seeks to stock the bars of Buenos Aires with books by Borges so that they can be read by patrons.
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| Borges and Tolkien | December 29, 2009 |
| I´ve just added a (Spanish-language) article to my personal website, about Borges´ (disparaging) comments on Tolkien´s writings. It can be found on ( Read more ) | |
| Borges, Che Guevara and Cortázar, ready for Frankfurt 2010 | December 29, 2009 |
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The design for Argentina´s stand at Frankfurt 2010 was recently unveiled in Buenos Aires, and -as reported by Clarín newspaper- it includes themes having to do with the abovementioned characters from Argentina´s...
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| News items are back (hopefully!) | December 29, 2009 |
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A misconfiguration prevented me from adding news items for the last few months. I have been working on this and hopefully this problem has been solved, so Borges-related news items should be back anytime....
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| Getting rid of the Nobel Prize in literature | April 20, 2009 |
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Arana, former editor of The Washington Post's Book World, argues in a recent article that the Nobel Prize in Literature should be abolished
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| The Many Branches of the Invisible Library | April 14, 2009 |
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Today I got a most curious e-mail from the maintainer of the Malibu, California branch of the Invisible Library. I am transcribing its contents below:
Dear Mr. Hadis, As a devout... (
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| Borges in Buenos Aires: a photography exhibition | April 12, 2009 |
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An exhibition of pictures of Jorge Luis Borges, by acclaimed photographer Sara Facio, is taking place at Fotogalería Guidotti, San Lorenzo 2925, Province of Santa Fé, Argentina.
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