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1933

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Biography

Borges and Ulises Petit de Murat direct a Saturday supplement, the "Revista Multicolor de los Sábados," in Natalio Botana's newspaper Crítica. The magazine Megáfono publishes a series of (largely negative) articles on Borges. 

Locations

Borges continues living at Calle Quintana 222, Buenos Aires.

Historical Context

Hipólito Yrigoyen dies. Signing of the Argentine-British (‘Roca-Runciman’) trade treaty.  Federico Pinedo appointed Minister of the Treasury.

Book

  • Las Kenningar. Buenos Aires: Francisco A. Colombo, 1933. 26 pp.

Periodical Publications

Preface

  •  Nicolás Olivari. El hombre de la baraja y la puñalada. Buenos Aires: M. Gleizer, 1933. [Included in Textos recobrados 1931-1955, p. 35.]

Interview

  • ¿El arte debe estar al servicio del problema social? [Contesta Jorge Luis Borges]. Contra 3 (July 1933), p. 13. [Included in Textos recobrados 1931-1955, p. 343 as "Arte, arte puro, arte propaganda…”]
    • Hanson: In two short paragraphs Borges humorously gives his opinion on art and whether it should address social issues.

Criticism

  • Discusiones sobre BorgesMegáfono (1933). 
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