Jorge Luis Borges: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	B. Lynch Davis • B. Suarez Lynch • Honorio Bustos Domecq • H. Bustos Domecq
Born	August 24, 1899 • Buenos Aires • Argentina
Died	June 14, 1986 (aged 86) • Geneva • Switzerland
Awards And Honors	Cervantes Prize (1979)
Notable Works	“A Universal History of Infamy” • “Doctor Brodie’s Report” • “Dreamtigers” • “Evaristo Carriego: A Book About Old-Time Buenos Aires” • “Fervor de Buenos Aires, poemas” • “Ficciones” • “Other Inquisitions, 1937–1952” • “Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi” • “The Book of Imaginary Beings” • “The Book of Sand”
Movement / Style	Ultraism