Passion or Profession: Writer

Period: 1899–1986

Born in Buenos Aires, Borges is known as a brilliant and controversial author. He wrote about typical suburbanites in Buenos Aires, the tango, and fatal knife fights, among other things. Fantasy and reality fuse together in many of his pieces. His works, which include Fervor de Buenos Aires, poemas (Fervor of Buenos Aires, Poems, 1923) and Ficciónes (Fictions, 1944), are now accepted as world classics.