Borges was born in 1899 in Argentina, and although he was steeped in the Spanish culture of his day, he actually spoke English as a first language. He grew up engrossed in the works of such authors as Edgar Allen Poe and Robert Louis Stevenson. Although he initially gained his reputation as a poet and essayist, it was not until the groundbreaking collection of stories, Ficciones, that he gained international

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