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HKUL to hold Jorge Luis Borges - of Tigers and Labyrinths Book Exhibition

08 Nov 2014

 

The Jorge Luis Borges - of Tigers and Labyrinths Book Exhibition will be held in the Special Collections area on the first Floor of the Main Library, the University of Hong Kong. The exhibition will run from November 10 to 21 (until 5:00pm on November 21).

In coordination with the Consulate General of the Argentine Republic in Hong Kong and Macau, the University of Hong Kong Libraries will exhibit a private collection of rare and first editions, photo books and book collections of the great Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges.

Jorge Luis Borges (born August 24, 1899, Buenos Aires, Argentina - died June 14 1986, Geneva, Switzerland), is by any account one of the greatest writers of  the Twentieth Century, standing alongside such immortal figures as James Joyce, Marcel Proust, Robert Musil, Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett, Vladimir Nabokov, Hermann Broch, T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Fernando Pessoa, etc. 

As poet, essayist, scholar and most notably, a short-story writer whose works have become classics of world literature. Borges created an opus of staggering originality, one which challenged the conventions and boundaries of every genre and which fundamentally altered the way we write, and perhaps more importantly, read, today. Borges has won countless accolades, among them the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, one of the most important awards in Spanish-language literature. His most famous books are "The Garden of Forking Paths", "Fictions", "The Aleph", "The Book of Sand" and "Shakespeare's Memory".

Aside from being an exquisite writer, Borges is famous for his sharp use of irony, his individualistic and cosmopolitan worldview, his encyclopaedic knowledge of countless subjects, and his mastery of numerous languages, among them English, German, Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic.

The ouvre of Jorge Luis Borges has many recurring themes, among them tigers and labyrinths. The exhibition will display relevant works by Borges in chronological order, presenting visitors with a general overview of his life and career.

The University of Hong Kong Libraries website: http://lib.hku.hk/.

Media Contact:  Mr. Gary Chin, Tel: 2859 2211 / Ms. Marina Yeung, Tel: 2859 8903.