Borges, RELENTLESS with Latin American Writers! Was the BOOM a Lie?
Was Borges the most relentless of Argentine writers? In this historic interview with Antonio Carrizo (1984), the brilliant author of El Aleph launches unfiltered attacks against Neruda, Mistral, Quiroga, and even Cortázar. In this video, we analyze his most controversial statements, the reasons behind each criticism, and the cultural context that led him to clash with much of the Latin American literary canon.
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Interview with Jorge Luis Borges by Antonio Carrizo in 1984, on the program *Los Grandes*.
Interview with Maria Kodama by Jaime Bayly
Contents:
00:00 Introduction
01:29 On Horacio Quiroga and Gabriela Mistral
03:05 On Pablo Neruda
03:45 Thoughts on Latin American Literature
04:57 Borges and Cortázar
07:00 The Reunion