ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

CULTURAL AND LITERARY IN MODERNITY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Jorge Luis Borges was born the same year as what other famous modern author?
A
James Joyce
B
Vladimir Nabokov
C
T.S. Eliot
D
Joseph Conrad
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Libraries and Garden Labyrinths: A Dream of Childhood. Jorge Luis Borges was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on August 24, 1899–the same year as Vladimir Nabokov was born.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jorge Luis Borges most famous works include Universal History of Infamy (1935), Ficciones (1944), The Aleph (1949), and The Book of Sand (1975). All of them deal with fictional places and toy with the idea of infinity and mythical creatures that immerse the reader in magical worlds.

Detailed explanation-3: -Read a brief summary of this topic. Jorge Luis Borges, (born August 24, 1899, Buenos Aires, Argentina-died June 14, 1986, Geneva, Switzerland), Argentine poet, essayist, and short-story writer whose works became classics of 20th-century world literature.

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