"Nota Sobre La Paz"

Containers:

Box 1, Folder 20

Scope and content:

Holograph manuscript "A Note on Peace" titled, signed, and dated "Jorges Luis Borges, 1945". With deletions and interpolations. The original manuscript was published in Sur no. 129 (May 1945)about the Allied victory over Nazi Germany. It extols Britain's role and demonstrates what was, unusually for Borges, a strong commitment to liberalism and Western civilization.

The manuscript shows Borges' hopeful attitude toward the collapse of the Nazis as World War II is ending, and it places that subject in an Argentine context. This is an important perspective during that period of time in his country.

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Subjects:

Manuscripts (documents)

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