A Celebration of Author Jorge Luis Borges

photo of Borges

Borges at 110
Monday, Aug. 24
5 p.m.
Pleasants Family Assembly Room, Wilson Special Collections Library
Free and open to the public
Information: Libby Chenault, (919) 962-1143

Aug. 5, 2009 - Celebrate the 110th birthday of distinguished Argentine writer, poet, professor, and librarian Jorge Luis Borges with the University Library and the UNC Department of Comparative Literature.

The program, to take place on Borges's 110th birthday, will include tributes to Borges, along with a concurrent reading of Borges's short story, "The Library of Babel," in ten languages, a short video clip of Borges reading, and a display of Borges-related materials from the Library.

Featured on the program will be the following UNC faculty members:

María DeGuzmán, Associate Professor of English, Director of Latina/o Studies
Eric Downing, Professor of German, English, and Comparative Literature, Adjunct Professor of Classical Studies, Director of Comparative Literature
Gregory Flaxman, Assistant Professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature; Adjunct Professor, Department of Communication Studies
Federico Luisetti, Assistant Professor of Italian
Hassan Melehy, Associate Professor of French
Alicia Rivero, Associate Professor of Spanish American and Comparative Literatures