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Jorge Luis Borges was an Argentine writer, poet, and translator born on August 24, 1899, in Buenos Aires . He was educated at Collège Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland . Borges held various occupations throughout his life, including librarian , screenwriter , novelist , lyricist , and writer . He was also a translator, working with texts in multiple languages .
During his career, Borges wrote under the pseudonyms B. Suarez Lynch and H. Bustos Domecq . His father, Jorge Guillermo Borges Haslam, and mother, Leonor Acevedo Suárez, were of Argentine nationality . Borges's work covered various genres such as essays, poetry, and short stories . One of his most notable works is "The Library of Babel" .
Jorge Luis Borges passed away on June 14, 1986, in Geneva, Switzerland .