Maria kodama y jorge luis borges biography
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The controversial legacy of María Kodama, wife of Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges
Kodama was born on March 10, , in Buenos Aires to a Japanese father and an Argentine German mother. The couple separated when she was three and Kodama grew up in the house of her mother’s family, spending weekends with her father who imbued in her an appreciation for art. She studied literature in university and published three books later in life, Relatos (), a short fiction collection, Homage to Borges (), a collection of lectures she had delivered about the author, and Atlas (), a travelogue written by Borges and photographed by her, detailing trips they took to the Americas, Europe, Egypt, Turkey, Iceland and Japan.
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María Kodama
Argentine writer (–)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Kodama and the second or maternal family name is Schweizer.
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| Born | María Kodama Schweizer ()10 March Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | 26 March () (aged&#;86) Vicente López, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, translator |
María Kodama Schweizer (10 March – 26 March ) was an Argentine writer and translator. The widow of author Jorge Luis Borges, she was the sole owner of his estate after his death in Borges had bequeathed to Kodama his rights as author in a will written in , when she was his literary secretary, and bequeathed to her his whole estate in They were married in , shortly before Borges' death.[1]
Biography
[edit]Kodama was the daughter of an Argentine mother of Swiss-German, English and Spanish descent and a Japanese father.[2] She met Borges when she was a student, at one o
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We explore the life and work of Jorge Luis Borges. In addition, we discuss his main characteristics, famous quotes, and death.
Who was Jorge Luis Borges?
Jorge Luis Borges () was an Argentine writer regarded as one of the foremost exponents of Argentine, Spanish-language and world literature of the twentieth century.
His body of work, consisting of short stories, poems, and essays, displays an exceptionally high level of erudition and an unparalleled inventiveness, which has inspired writers and artists across the globe.
Borges was also renowned for his progressive blindness, a congenital disease inherited from his father, which, however, did not hinder his literary career.
Despite being nominated for over 30 years to the Nobel Prize in Literature, he was never awarded it. The reason for this would have been his well-known reactionary political stances.
Birth of Jorge Luis Borges
Borges was born in Buenos Aires on August 24, , a premature baby, to Jorge Guillermo