Age, Biography and Wiki
| Birth Day | August 24, 1899 |
| Birth Place | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Age | 120 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | Jun 14, 1986 (age 86) |
| Birth Sign | Virgo |
Net worth: $20 Million (2024)
About
An Argentine fiction Writer, poet, and translator, he is best known for such short story collections as Ficciones (1944) and El Aleph (1949). His other well-known works include A Universal History of Infamy (1935) and The Garden of Forking Paths (1941).
Before Fame
He was born into an educated family; he was reading the plays of Shakespeare by the time he was twelve and, at just nine years old, he translated one of Oscar Wilde's works into Spanish. He graduated from the College de Geneve in 1918.
Trivia
He was disheartened by the fact that he never received the Nobel Prize in Literature. However, in 1961, he did share the prestigious Prix International with Playwright Samuel Beckett.
Family Life
He was married to Elsa Astete Millan for a brief period; later, he wed Maria Kodama, his longtime personal assistant. He died in Geneva, Switzerland at the age of eighty-six.
Associated With
He, like author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, frequently wrote works of magical realism.
Some Jorge Luis Borges images
