Jorge Luis Borges: The Mirror Man - 1/6

Although honors came late in life to Jorge Luis Borges, his unique worldview had begun to emerge even as a child. This program examines the life and literary career of the charismatic Argentine writer, as well as the thematic, symbolic, and mythological underpinnings of his works. Archival interviews include: Borges; his mother, Leonor Acevedo de Borges; his second wife, Maria Kodama; and collaborator Adolfo Bioy Casares. Each provide insight into the private Borges, while readings from The Mirrors, Dreamtigers, The Plot, The South, The Aleph, and other landmarks of Latin American fiction demonstrate his virtuosity as a transformer of experiences.

This is also available at http://www.ubu.com/film/borges.html

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[joeyeff]

That Borges was not given a Nobel Prize in Literature is a black stain on the award. When comes such another?

[ImperialLady]

I agree. Quite disappointingly, Borges never received the Nobel Prize due to purely political reasons.

[onetwothreexd1]

Subtítulos????? =(

[cheetok1ng470]

can anyone tell me how this man "made the world a better place?" I looked everywhere but could only find some very brief mentions of him supporting the jews during ww2. Please help.

[Caligula138]

"When I think of what I've lost, I ask, 'Who know themselves better than the blind?' – for every thought becomes a tool."

[calabiyou]

wow, I didn't expect to find so much on borges on youtube, how naive of me

[TheTollundWoman]

@Muhammed552

I agree, its a shame Borges' achievements in literature were overlooked.

[TheTollundWoman]

@GrendelDaze

Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Joseph Brodsky were both awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, both were adamant conservatives and spoke out very eloquently against the idiocies of the Far Left. Unfortunately the Nobel Peace Prize has largely been reduced to a joke, with the terrorist Yasser Arafat and appeasement advocates like Kim Dae Jung as its recipient.

[ambereyes93]

@ImperialLady

Ah, sadly politics do influence even poets' lives, even though I believe that art should have little and less to do with politics.

[Plegariadeunpagano]

Happy birthday Borges!!!

[alsaalsal]

congratulation GOOGLE TEAM for this great celebration today!!!!

[DollsandaLotMore]

i came here by the google doodle!