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Next to Cervantes, no other writer in the Spanish language has received as much scholarly attention as Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986). The voluminous number of dissertations, articles and books concerning Borges' works, translations of his writings, and his cultural and intellectual influence, testify to his importance to scholars and students. This interest has continued across generations since his death. In fact, Borges is considered by many scholars, critics, and readers as the greatest contemporary Spanish-American writer. His writings were the single most important influence on the Latin American boom of the 1960s which produced extraordinary literature and led to greater worldwide acceptance of Latin American writers and thought.

The works of this acclaimed Argentine poet, essayist, novelist and short-story writer are an undisputed part of the Spanish language canon in comparative literature, translation and cultural studies.

This online resource originates from the Jorge Luis Borges Collection and Documentation Center of the Fundación San Telmo, which contains the world's largest collection of materials related to Borges' life and works. The collection was begun in 1986 and includes manuscripts and letters, books, periodicals, photographs, audio and video recordings, newspaper and magazine clippings, and other objects and documents. The Life and Works of Jorge Luis Borges is based on this extensive collection and is the first database to provide access to a wide range of materials on Borges, including those that are rare or appeared in unindexed national and provincial newspapers and journals. Subjects cover a panorama of history, literature, philosophy, art, politics, linguistics, and culture. Thus, The Life and Works of Jorge Luis Borges is not only an invaluable source for Latin American studies, but also a beginning point for cultural studies.

This online resource includes:

• An extremely powerful full-text search capability. In this database, the entire corpus of Borges' works has been XML-annotated, and this allows researchers the unprecedented ability to search not just for a single term, but for all instances that relate to that term.
• A complete primary bibliography of more than 2,800 entries, listing Borges' works. The bibliography includes very rare and unpublished texts, and English translations where they exist. Every record features complete publication information.
• A large, fully indexed secondary bibliography, including articles about Borges, interviews, criticism, and news that appeared in the press. Currently there are over 5,000 entries, from 1923 to present.
• An index provides access to 3,200 names. Short biographical statements appear with each search and results can be limited to complete works or essys, poetry and fiction.
• An encyclopedia with 1,000 entries of the most important subjects about which Borges wrote. The encyclopedia indexes the complete database.

The Life and Works of Jorge Luis Borges provides a user-friendly interface and features menus in both English and Spanish. It includes thousands of records with cross-references, allowing the user to navigate among different resources. The Life and Works of Jorge Luis Borges is an outstanding resource for research, allowing scholars and students easy access to a wealth of material on one of the twentieth century's most important literary, intellectual and cultural figures.