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Daniel Balderston

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Biography

Travels to Italy, France and Switzerland. Awarded doctorate honoris causa from the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán.

Locations

Borges visits Paris, Geneva, Italy, and Greece.

Historical Context

The “Mothers of Plaza de Mayo” (mothers of the disappeared) organize and begin their struggle for human rights.

Books

Historia de la noche. Buenos Aires: Emecé, 1977. 148 pp. [First edition.]
Inscripción, Alejandría, 641 A.D, Alhambra, Metáforas de las Mil y una noches, Alguien, Caja de música, El tigre, Leones, Endimión en Latmos, Un escolio, Ni siquiera soy polvo, Islandia,Gunnar Thorgilsson (1816-1879), Un libro, El juego, Milonga del forastero, El condenado, Buenos Aires, 1899, El caballo, El grabado, Things that might have been, El enamorado, G. A. Bürger, La espera, A Francia, Manuel Peyrou,The thing I am, Un sábado, Las causas, Adán es tu ceniza, Historia de la noche, Epílogo, Notas.
El libro de arena. Espulgas de Llobregat: Plaza & Janés, 1977. 121 pp.
El libro de arena. Madrid: Alianza, 1975. 105 pp.
Nueva antología personal. Mexico City: Siglo XXI, 1977. 226 pp. [Eleventh edition.]
Nuevos cuentos de Bustos Domecq. Buenos Aires: Librería La Ciudad, 1977. 152 pp. [First edition. Stories written in collaboration with Bioy Casares. Illustrated by Fernando Chelo. For commentary, see Parodi, Borges-Bioy en contexto, pp. 333-430.]
Una amistad hasta la muerte. Más allá del bien y del mal. La fiesta del monstruo. El hijo de su amigo. Penumbra y pompa. Las formas de la gloria. El enemigo número 1 de la censura. La salvación por las obras. Deslindando responsabilidades.
Rosa y Azul. Barcelona, Sedmay Ediciones, 1977. [First edition, with preface by José Maya and illustrations by Alfredo González.]
La rosa de Paracelso. Tigres azules.
Adrogué. Adrogué [Province of Buenos Aires]: Adrogué, 1977. 75 pp.

Periodical Publications

A Francia. La Nación (9 January 1977), third section, p. 1. [Poem included in Historia de la noche.]
Metáforas de las Mil y una noches. La Nación (27 February 1977). [Poem included in Historia de la noche.]
Ni siquiera soy polvo. Tribuna cultural [Almirante Brown] 1.6 (March 1977), p. 1. [Poem included in Historia de la noche.]
G. A. Bürger. La Nación (3 April 1977), third section, p. 1. [Poem included in Historia de la noche.]
Penumbra y pompa. La Nación (17 April 1977), third section, pp. 1-2. [Story written in collaboration with Bioy Casares, included in Nuevos cuentos de Bustos Domecq.]
Deslindando responsabilidades. Clarín (5 May 1977), cultural supplement, pp. 2-3. [Story in collaboration with Bioy Casares, included in Nuevos cuentos de Bustos Domecq.]
Sobrevalorados y subestimados en la literatura argentina e hispanoamericana. La Nación (8 May 1977), third section, p. 1. [Response to survey, included in Textos recobrados 1956-1986, pp. 341-43.]
La salvación por las obras. Somos (20 May 1977), pp. 32-35. [Story written in collaboration with Bioy Casares, included in Nuevos cuentos de Bustos Domecq.]
Alejandría 641 A. D. La Nación (26 June 1977), third section, p. 1. [Poem included in Historia de la noche.]
El fenómeno Borges según Jorge Luis Borges. Somos (1 July 1977), p. 37.
A Writer's Destiny. The Iowa Review 8.3 (summer 1977), pp. 1-12. [Transcription of a talk given on 19 February 1976 at the University of Iowa.]
La pesadilla. La Opinión 7.1854 (20 July 1977), second section, pp. 2-3. [Transcription of a talk given at the Teatro Coliseo on 15 June 1977.]
Las Mil y una noches. La Opinión 7.1860 (27 July 1977), second section, pp. 1-3. [Transcription of a talk given at the Teatro Coliseo on 22 June 1977.]
El budismo. La Opinión 7.1866 (3 August 1977), second section, pp. 1-3. [Transcription of a talk given at the Teatro Coliseo on 6 July 1977.]
La Divina Commedia. La Opinión 7.1872 (10 August 1977), second section, pp. 1-3. [Transcription of a talk given at the Teatro Coliseo on 26 July 1977.]
La cábala. La Opinión 7.1879 (17 August 1977), second section, pp. 1-3. [Transcription of a talk given at the Teatro Coliseo on 1 June 1977.]
La poesía. La Opinión 7.1886 (24 August 1977), second section, pp. 1-3. [Transcription of a talk given at the Teatro Coliseo on 13 July 1977.]
La ceguera. La Opinión 7.1890 (31 August 1977), second section, pp. 1-3. [Transcription of a talk given at the Teatro Coliseo on 3 August 1977.]
El tango. Tribuna Cultural [Almirante Brown] 1.12 (September 1977), p. 1. [Poem first published in Sur in 1958.]
Leones. La Nación (11 September 1977), fourth section, p. 1. [Poem included in Historia de la noche.]
Las causas. La Nación (9 October 1977), fourth section, p. 1. [Poem included in Historia de la noche.]
Por el momento somos indignos de la democracia. Somos 2.66 (23 December 1977), pp. 34-37.
Norah. La Nación (31 December 1977), third section, p. 1. [Preface also published in Norah (1977).]

Prefaces

[Nota.] Evaristo Carriego. La costurerita que dio aquel mal paso. Buenos Aires: Torres Agüero, 1977. ["Palabras pronunciadas en el Patio de Carriego el 20 de diciembre de 1975 en ocasión de ser nombrado presidente honorario de la Asociación Amigos de la Casa de Evaristo Carriego.]
Prólogo. Norah. Milan: Il Polifilo, 1977.
Epílogo. Historia de la noche. Buenos Aires: Emecé, 1977.
Preface. Emmanuel Swedenborg. Mystical Works. New York: New Jerusalem Church, 1977.
Prólogo. María Esther Vázquez. Borges: imágenes, memorias, diálogos. Caracas: Monte Avila, 1977.

Interviews

María Esther Vázquez. Borges: imágenes, memorias, diálogos. Caracas: Monte Avila, 1977. 240 pp.
Fornaro, Milton. El otro, el mismo Borges. Texto Critico 8 [Xalapa, México] (1977), pp. 108-16. [Included in Borges: Obra y personaje. Ed. Washington Bernavides, et al. Montevideo: Acali, 1978. 103-14.]
- Hanson: In this interview Fornaro recreates the interview experience by including extra details of his visit with Borges. Borges comments on the tango and milonga, Santiago Dabove, nationalism, Spain, literature, La intrusa, his literary works, his ancestors, and poetry.
Sverdlik, Oded. Borges habla de Israel y los judíos. Nuevo Mundo Israelita 190 (1977).
- Hanson: This interview clarifies Borges’s relationship to Judaism.
Caldeiro, Manuel. Después de la acusación de Monseñor Mallagaray: Borges se defiende. Gente (6 January 1977), pp. 74-75.
- Hanson: Borges replies to two questions in this article, which was written in response to Monseñor Mallagaray who accused Borges of being atheist and vain. Borges relates his view on immortality, God, and how to define things.
William F. Buckley Jr. Borges: South America's Titan. Firing Line broadcast records, Program S0267 "Borges: South America's Titan," Hoover Institution Archives (1 February 1977). [Click here to access the transcript.]
María Esther Vázquez. La pasión literaria. La Nación [Buenos Aires] (13 February 1977). [Included in Borges: imágenes, memorias, diálogos]
- Hanson: Borges and Raimundo Lida respond to questions on classical Spanish literature and literature in general.
María Esther Vázquez. El amor por Buenos Aires. La Nación [Buenos Aires] (3 April 1977). [Included in Borges: imágenes, memorias, diálogos.]
- Hanson: Borges and Manuel Mujica Lainez are asked about the differences between the Buenos Aires of their youth and contemporary Buenos Aires. They are also asked about being Argentine and how Buenos Aires has influenced their work.
Sobrevalorados y subestimados en la literatura argentina e hispanoamericana. La Nación [Buenos Aires] 8 May 1977. [Included in Textos Recobrados 1956-1986. Buenos Aires: Emecé, 2001. pp. 341-43.]
- Hanson: Borges responds to a survey that follows the theme of the title of this article.
Louit, Robert. Jorge Luis Borges: Le gout de l’épopée. Magazine Litteraire 125 (June 1977).
- Hanson: In the interviewer’s commentary he states that Borges speaks an impeccable French. Borges discusses his work, a project he is doing with editor Franco Maria Ricci, his milongas, the films of his stories, the cinema, his books with Bioy Casares, literature, and identity.
Estrázulas, Enrique. Borges y los orientales. La Opinión Cultural [Buenos Aires] (3 June 1977), pp. 6-8. [Included in Borges: Dos palabras antes de morir y otras entrevistas. Comp. Fernando Mateo. Buenos Aires: LC Editor, 1994. 21-42.]
- Hanson: “Los orientales” refers to los uruguayos and in this interview Borges offers insight into some of his stories, but little else is of interest.
Sallas, Renée. El invisible escritor H. Bustos Domecq: El otro yo de Borges y Bioy. Gente (11 August 1977). [Included in Museo: Textos inéditos. Buenos Aires: Emecé, 2002. pp. 234-42.]
- Hanson: Borges and Bioy Casares respond to questions about H. Bustos Domecq as if he were a real person.
Mazas, Luis. Borges: Esto es lo que pienso. Somos 23 (December 1977), pp. 34-37. [Included in El otro Borges: Entrevistas (1960 – 1986). Comp. Fernando Mateo. Buenos Aires: Equis, 1997. pp. 65-73.]
- Hanson: Borges speaks on topics organized under the following headings: “Sentir,” “Amar,” “Los sueños,” “Francia,” “Definiciones,” “Los amigos,” “Las conferencias,” “La fama,” “Los contemporáneos,” “Un mundo gris,” “Las opiniones,” “Seguir siendo,” “El futuro,” “Los interrogantes,” and “Un deseo, una esperanza.”