Oftentimes students who attend Spanish school in Buenos Aires don't take time out ahead of time to learn about all the famous writers and artists of the region. However, if you do learn about these impressive figures, not only will this motivate you to master the language during the period in which you learn Spanish in Argentina, but also you will gain additional cultural and historical knowledge about the region. One famous figure that you will no doubt look forward to learning about is Jorge Luis Borges.
Born in Buenos Aires in 1899, Borges is one of the most famous Argentine writers of all time. As a boy, he and his family lived in the suburb of Palermo. Of course, if you attend Spanish school in Buenos Aires, Palermo is an area that you can easily visit firsthand. His father, Jorge Guillermo Borges, who was a lawyer, teacher and also an anarchist, heavily influenced Borges' ideas and beliefs. When Jorge Guillermo Borges began to lose his eyesight, he looked to his son to take over his own plans to be a writer.
One of the reasons Jorge Borges is so renowned is due to his tremendous versatility. He was an essayist and also a poet. When he was in his early twenties, Borges had already started publishing his work in surrealist literary journals. Two of his most famous books were compilations of short stories that incorporated magical realism and explored existential questions. Ficciones, published in 1944, and The Aleph, published in 1949. Much of Borges work has been translated into English. For example, Ficciones and Labyrinths have both been published in English by New York press.
Like many Latin American writers, Jorge Borges was involved in politics. Borges was considered a political conservative and he labeled himself as a Spencerian anarchist. He declared that he was opposed to Marxism and Communism. He even said that the famous poet Pablo Neruda was a "very mean man" for supporting the Soviet Union. Borges also let his opinions be well known that he was very much opposed to Peronism.
Throughout his career, Borges held a variety of impressive positions. In 1955, Borges became director of the National Public Library in Argentina, and became a Literature professor at the University of Buenos Aires. Borges also has won a variety of prizes over the years including the International Publishers' Prize in 1961 and the Jerusalem Prize in 1971. Unfortunately, in Borges' early thirties, his vision began to decline. As a result, he began lecturing and also writing screenplays.
Jorge Borges was credited for opening the doorway to a variety of Spanish American novelists including Gabriel Garcia Marquez. While you might not be ready to read Jorge Borges' work when you first learn Spanish in Argentina, this is definitely a milestone that you can look forward to as your Spanish becomes better and better.
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