Selected Poems brings together some two hundred poems - the largest collection of Borges' poetry ever assembled in English, including many never previously translated. The brilliance of the Spanish originals is matched with luminous English versions rendered by a remarkable cast of translators, among them W.S. Merwin, John Updike, Robert Fitzgerald, Mark Strand and Alastair Reid.

About Jorge Luis Borges

Borges was born in Buenos Aires in 1899. A poet, critic and short story writer, he received numerous awards for his work including the 1961 International Publisher's Prize (shared with Samuel Beckett). He died in 1986. He has a reasonable claim, with Kafka and Joyce, to be the most influential writer of the 20th Century.

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Sku

NGR9780141181110

ISBN 13

9780141181110

ISBN 10

0141181117

Title

Selected Poems by Jorge Luis Borges

Author

Jorge Luis Borges

Series

Penguin Modern Classics

Condition

New

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Year published

20000907

Number of pages

496

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N/A

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