Amelia Barili "Writing from the Margins: Borges, Reyes and Arguedas" November 13, 2006

Amelia Barili speaks on the works of Borges at CLAS on November 13.

Amelia Barili will discuss links between the works of Jorge Luis Borges and José María Arguedas through Alfonso Reyes' concept of "inteligencia americana." She analyzes how Borges and Arguedas' ideas begin to converge through their mutual interest in ancient cosmogonies and marginality.

Amelia Barili teaches in the Spanish and Portuguese Department in UC Berkeley. She was a personal friend of Jorge Luis Borges and her conversations with him have been published in numerous newspapers. Her book "Jorge Luis Borges y Alfonso Reyes: La cuestión de la identidad del escritor latinoamericano" was published by Fondo de Cultura Económica with a prologue by Elena Poniatowska.

Amelia Barili