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Jorge Luis Borges: books and prizes

Jorge Luis Borges was an Argentine poet, essayist and short story writer born in Buenos Aires. His story collections Ficciones and El Aleph were published in 1944 and 1949. He was director of the National Library in Buenos Aires from 1955 to 1973.^1,2

Works, in order of first publication

1. 1923Fervor de Buenos Aires^2,3poetry
2. 1925Luna de enfrente²poetry
3. 1930Evaristo Carriego²essays
4. 1932Discusión²essays
5. 1935A Universal History of Infamy²Historia universal de la infamiashort stories
6. 1936A History of Eternity²Historia de la eternidadessays
7. 1941The Garden of Forking Paths²El jardín de senderos que se bifurcanshort stories
8. 1944Ficciones^2,1short stories
9. 1949The Aleph²El Alephshort stories
10. 1952Other Inquisitions²Otras inquisicionesessays
11. 1960The Maker²El hacedorProse and versepoetry
12. 1969In Praise of Darkness²Elogio de la sombrapoetry
13. 1970Brodie's Report²El informe de Brodieshort stories
14. 1972The Gold of the Tigers²El oro de los tigrespoetry
15. 1975The Book of Sand²El libro de arenashort stories
16. 1980Seven Nights²Siete nochesLecturesessays
17. 1985Los conjurados²Gale gives 1985 in one bibliography and 1986 in anotherpoetry

Prizes

1. 1957National Prize for Literature, Argentina²For Body of work
2. 1961International Publishers Prize, Prix Formentor^2,3For Shared with Samuel Beckett
3. 1971Jerusalem Prize²For Body of work
4. 1979Miguel de Cervantes Prize¹For Body of work
5. 1980Balzan Prize²For Body of work

Sources

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Jorge Luis Borges, Encyclopaedia Britannica (accessed 2026-10-28)
2. Gale, via Encyclopedia.com, Jorge Luis Borges, Gale reference entries including Reference Guide to Short Fiction (accessed 2026-10-28)
3. Poetry Foundation, Jorge Luis Borges, Poetry Foundation (accessed 2026-10-28)