What is Norah Borges?

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Norah Borges (b. Palermo, Buenos Aires, 1901-1998) was an artist and is the sister of the writer Jorge Luis Borges. Her original name was Leonor Fanny Borges, but her brother changed her name to "Norah." She made illustrations for her brother's books, also for Victoria Ocampo and Adolfo Bioy Casares.
Palermo is a neighborhood, or barrio of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. It is located in the northeast of the city, bordering the barrios of Belgrano to the north, Almagro and Recoleta to the south, Villa Crespo and Colegiales to the west and the Río de la
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1870s  1880s  1890s  - 1900s -  1910s  1920s  1930s
1898 1899 1900 - 1901 - 1902 1903 1904

Year 1901 (MCMI
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Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII
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Jorge Luis Borges

Born: July 24 1899(1899--)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: May 14 1986 (aged 88)
Geneva, Switzerland
Occupation: writer, poet, critic, librarian
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Victoria Ocampo (Buenos Aires, April 7, 1890? - Buenos Aires, January 27, 1979) was an Argentine intellectual, described by Jorge Luis Borges as la mujer más argentina ("the most Argentine woman").
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Adolfo Bioy Casares (September 15, 1914 – March 8, 1999) was an Argentine fiction writer.

Bioy Casares was born in Buenos Aires, the grandson of a wealthy landowner and dairy processor.
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