Borges' Language Use

C R Culver17 Apr 1998, 03:26original as archived

<Borges was fluent in English, at least conversationally, if I remember correctly?> Yes, but in a biography about him, written by a close friend of his, whose name I don't recall, said that although he was very fluent in English, it was Spanish writing that he labored to perfect. Christopher R. Culver <crculver at aol.com> http://members.aol.com/crculver/index.html ------------------------------------------------ "Ignorance, that light of fools steers a wayward path" -Brendan Perry

Pedro Jorge Romero17 Apr 1998, 06:25original as archived

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<Borges was fluent in English, at least conversationally, if I remember correctly?> Yes, but in a biography about him, written by a close friend of his, whose name I don't recall, said that although he was very fluent in English, it was Spanish writing that he labored to perfect.

Emir Rodriguez Monegal? Borges a Literary Biography? Best Pedro Jorge

C R Culver17 Apr 1998, 18:58original as archived

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Emir Rodriguez Monegal? Borges a Literary Biography?<

That's the one. Christopher R. Culver <crculver at aol.com> http://members.aol.com/crculver/index.html