Biography
Award in Portugal. War between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Malvinas/Falkland Islands; Borges publishes a text against the war.
Locations
Borges travels to the United States, Ireland, Germany, Geneva, and Spain.
Historical Context
Massive CGT and Peronist rally against the dictatorship. Argentina occupies the Malvinas/Falklands Islands and begins war against the United Kingdom. Military defeat of Argentina. Beginning of the end of the dictatorship. General Reynaldo B. Bignone becomes president. Elections scheduled for 1983.
Books
Periodical Publications
- El libro. La Prensa (7 February 1982), second section, p. 6. [Brief prose piece.]
- Juan López y Juan Ward. ClarÃn (26 August 1982), cultural supplement, p. 1. [Brief prose piece on the Malvinas/Falklands War.]
- 1982. ClarÃn (28 October 1982), cultural supplement, p. 1. [Poem.]
- El falso problema de Ugolino. La Nación (21 November 1982), fourth section, p. 6. [Reprint of essay included in Nueve ensayos dantescos.]
- Milonga de un soldado. ClarÃn (30 December 1982), cultural supplement, p. 3. [Poem.]
Prefaces
- Prólogo. Leopoldo Lugones. AntologÃa poética. Madrid: Alianza, 1982. 160 pp. [Selection and introduction by Borges.]
- Prólogo. Silvina Ocampo. AutobiografÃa de Irene. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1982.
- Prólogo. Ezequiel MartÃnez Estrada. La inundación. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1982.
- Prólogo. Franz Kafka. La metamorfosis. Buenos Aires: Orion, 1982.
- Prólogo. Eduardo Wilde. La primera noche del cementerio. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone, 1982.
- Preface. MarÃa Luisa Bombal. New Islands and Other Stories. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1982.
- Prólogo. Sig Synnenstvedt. Swedenborg: Testigo de lo invisible. Buenos Aires: Marymar, 1982.
Translations
- Hermann Hesse. 5 poesÃas. Buenos Aires: Engadin, 1982. [Translations by Borges and Roberto Alifano: Elisabeth, Nueva experiencia, En alguna parte, Para ninon, Lamento.]
Criticism
- Carlos CortÃnez, ed. Simply a Man of Letters. Orono: University of Maine Press, 1982. 353 pp.