Influenced by his family, Borges loved reading and writing since he was a child, and he showed strong creative desire and literary talent since he was a child.
At the age of seven, he abbreviated a Greek myth in English. According to Don Quixote, at the age of eight, he wrote a story in Spanish called "Fatal Eye Protection". The translation is signed by jorges borges, and its translation is mature, so it is considered to be written by his father. At the age of 9, he entered the regular school and went directly to the fourth grade, and began to systematically study the classical literature of Spain and Argentina. 19 14 years, my father was almost blind due to eye diseases and decided to retire. So Jorge Luis took his family to Europe, traveled all over Britain and France, and settled in Geneva, Switzerland. Borges officially went to middle school, learning French, German, Latin and other languages. With a unique language environment, studious Borges is eager to browse world famous books. He studied Dude, Zola, Mo Bosang, Hugo, Flaubert, Thomas Carlyle, chesterman, Stevenson, Kipling, De Quincy, Poe, walt whitman, Heine, Melink, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, which had a great and far-reaching influence on his later literary creation and laid a very solid foundation. 19 19 to 1920, moved to Spain with his family. During this period, he interacted with some young extremist writers, co-founded literary publications, actively wrote articles, and created a group of poems "Red Melody" and a collection of short stories "Gambling Cards". However, Borges modestly believes that these works are only experimental and have not been published.
192 1 year, after returning to Buenos Aires, Borges seemed to be driven by fate and came to the paradise in his heart-the library, and worked as a librarian all his life. He works as a clerk and curator in various public libraries in Buenos Aires and is a bourgeois Democrat. At the same time, carry out literary creation, run magazines, give lectures and other activities. 1923, the first book of poetry, Passion of Buenos Aires, was officially published (1922 was published at its own expense for the first time), and the two later books of poetry, The Moon in Front (1925) and Notes of San Martin (1929), were free in form.
1946 to 1955, when Peron was in power, he was removed from the post of director of the municipal library because he signed a declaration against Peron, and was insulted and ordered to be a market poultry inspector. In order to maintain his personality and dignity, he is not afraid of power. Refused to take office and issued an open letter to protest, which won wide support from the intellectual community. 1950, due to the support of many writers, Borges was elected as the chairman of the Argentine Writers Association. This is tantamount to giving the Peron government a loud slap in the face. After leaving office, Peron was appointed as the director of the Argentine National Library on 10/95517; At the same time, he is also a professor of English literature in the Department of Philosophy and Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. In the 1960s, he gave lectures at the University of Texas and other schools.
Unfortunately, due to a serious eye disease, he was almost blind. He laughed at himself and said, "Fate gave me 800,000 books, which I was in charge of, but it also gave me darkness." However, blindness did not take away Borges' artistic life. With the help of his mother and friends, he continued to create with infinite perseverance and revised and published some early works. At the same time, he was invited to give lectures in European and American universities many times. The main works of this period are: Labyrinth (1964), Brody Report (197 1), The Book of the Sand (1975) and Jin Hu (1977). Borges left the coast of Buenos Aires as a quadruple and began his short overseas career.
Borges has been reading and writing all his life, and he is handy. Blind in his later years, he continued to write silently and made amazing achievements. However, his married life is not satisfactory. He has been single for a long time and is taken care of by his mother. He didn't marry the widowed Elsa Astete milian until he was 68 (1967) and divorced three years later. After his mother died, he finally decided to follow him for many years. They got married in Geneva on April 26th, 1986, and declared her the sole legal heir to his property, so as to keep, organize and publish his works. On June 14 of the same year, the great literary master Borges finally died in Geneva because of the ineffective treatment of liver cancer.