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Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (/ ˈ b ɔːr h ɛ s / BOR-hess; [2] Spanish: [ˈxoɾxe ˈlwis ˈboɾxes] ⓘ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature.
He was the son of John Gerhard Borgess and Maria Anna Dinkgreve. [2] He came to the United States with his family in 1839. [3] They first resided in Philadelphia, where Caspar's uncle, Rev. Otto Henry Borgess, was pastor of Holy Trinity Church (1838-1845). The family finally settled in Cincinnati, where he attended St. Xavier College. [1]
When the school opened in September 1966, it had 317 students. During the 1970s, Bishop Borgess was the largest coeducational Catholic high school in Michigan, with a peak enrollment of 1,912 in 1978. Soon after reaching this peak, the demographics of northwest Detroit began to change and enrollment began decreasing.
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Schrader was brought up in a strict Dutch Calvinist family and did not see his first film until he was an adult. [1] [2] In 1968, he finished his MFA at the University of Iowa's Writer's Workshop, [1] where he studied with Nelson Algren, Kurt Vonnegut, Jorge Luis Borges, [2] Richard Yates, Robert Coover and José Donoso.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
John Bellairs, mystery novelist (born in Marshall) Mary K. Buck, author (lived and died in Traverse City) Bonnie Jo Campbell, author (born in Kalamazoo) Jaqueline Carey, fantasy author (resides in Michigan) Mary A. Cornelius (1829–1918), author, social reformer (born in Pontiac) Katherine Cowley, taught at Western Michigan University
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Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge (Spanish: Emporio celestial de conocimientos benévolos) is a fictitious taxonomy of animals described by the writer Jorge Luis Borges in his 1942 essay "The Analytical Language of John Wilkins" (El idioma analítico de John Wilkins). [1] [2]