Few referents in the world of Argentine literature achieved the impact that Jorge Luis Borges managed to bestow with his creations in writing. The builder of consecrated books as “El Aleph” and “Fictions” He left a mark on national and international artists, in various disciplines and genres. But also, the writer took an active part in some artistic productions of his time.
Inside the cinema, the film “Invasion”, directed by Hugo Santiago, was carried out from a script that Borges himself wrote together with Adolfo Bioy Casares. The film, released in 1969, transfers the context of an urban and paranoid conspiracy that surrounds its protagonists. This feature film, starring Lautaro Murua and Lito Cruz, It is considered a cult tape today.
Also, on his way through the South Magazine, The author made cinematographic critics about films, very punctual, and analyzed different aspects of the audiovisual language. The publication on the world of art and literature, directed by victoria ocampo During the 1930s and 1940s, he promoted the writer’s first publications. This made possible the first approaches of Borges in the field of cinematography.
In that aspect, the Borges Festivalwhich will take place from Monday the 5th to Friday the 9th of June, will have numerous talks and activities, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the publication of his first book “Buenos Aires Fervor”. Among the presentations, the one made by Gonzalo Aguilar to develop the writer’s link with the seventh art.
Other topics of the event, which will be presented in person and virtually, will focus on tango, the media and the analysis of works such as “Fervor of Buenos Aires” and “El Aleph”. In addition, the manuscripts of his lectures will be presented and a reflection will be made on what it means for a writer to “read Borges”.
Among the in-person guests will be the Spanish novelist and translator Andres Barba, who will talk about Borges and his elegant way of plagiarizing; the welsh academic Richard Gwyn that will give an account of the parallel worlds of the author; and the journalist Walter Romero, which will deal with tango according to Borges. Meanwhile, the virtual talks will be in charge of the Spanish writer eloy tizon; the North American researcher, specialist in the Borges manuscripts, Daniel Balderson; the researcher Sylvia Saitta; the authors Claudia Pineiro and Debora Mundani; and the journalist Hinde Pomeraniec.
With free and open access, and prior registration on the festival website, the face-to-face talks will be held in the library of The House of Readinglocated at Lavalleja 924 and the virtual talks, which will be broadcast from the Festival’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/FestivalBorges.
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