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Virginia L. Borges ’06 was taken by ambulance after the accident to New England Medical Center. She received x-rays and stitches on her leg.
A signed copy of Borges’ 1925 publication, Inquisiciones, features an inscription by the author that reads, “I am ashamed of this book—Jorge Luis Borges.”
Professor Emeritus Aaron recalls seeing Borges lecture at Smith College, where Aaron taught at the time. Borges was “a very small man, very un-flamboyant,” he said, remembering also “the way he spoke in gestures” and how he possessed...
Borges did carry a certain pride later in life, however, embracing the style of work produced after 1929 and renouncing the political stances such as Bolshevism that he had nurtured before 1929 while a young writer in Europe.
Always political, he was condemned at home for his opposition to Juan Domingo Perón’s regime while at the same time receiving praise from the international community. But Borges always said he just wanted “to be modern and to be Argentine.?...