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Borges was no saint. For example, he appropriated the Spanish translation of a text from Kafka [1] by feminist & writer Margarita Nelken [2]. [1] https://www.

Borges was no saint. For example, he appropriated the Spanish translation of a text from Kafka [1] by feminist & writer Margarita Nelken [2]. [1] https://www.wagenbach.de/kafka/titel/1212-kafkas-elektrische-strassenbahn.html https://www.wagenbach.de/kafka/titel/1212-kafkas-elektrische... [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarita_Nelken https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarita_Nelken

wslh 3y ago
It is unfair to not cite sources that are contrary with your claim: https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ALHI/article/download/43665/41271/65853 https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ALHI/article/download/4366...
- CamperBob2 3y ago
  People have been unaccountably good to me. I have no enemies, and if certain persons have masqueraded as such, they’ve been far too good-natured to have ever pained me. Anytime I read something written against me, I not only share the sentiment but feel I could do the job far better myself. Perhaps I should advise would-be enemies to send me their grievances beforehand, with full assurance that they will receive my every aid and support. I have even secretly longed to write, under a pen name, a merciless tirade against myself. Ah, the unvarnished truths I harbor! - from the autobiographical essay Gwern cites elsewhere
- virtualritz 3y ago
  > It is unfair to not cite sources that are contrary with your claim [...] The paper from Fló is from 2013. The book I quoted, which is excellently researched, is from 2019. I suggest to read it. Of course it references & refutes the very research from Fló you cited [1]. Maybe you should have considered that possibilty and formulated your reply as a question before accusing me of omitting facts? Sadly your reply does align with most reactions to anything that questions any of Borges work. On a side note, Borges was a male celebrity. Nelken was a female nobody in comparison. Go figure. [1] https://photos.app.goo.gl/5zuP2waG4n7zSGdt5 https://photos.app.goo.gl/5zuP2waG4n7zSGdt5

wslh 3y ago

It is unfair to not cite sources that are contrary with your claim: https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ALHI/article/download/43665/41271/65853 https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ALHI/article/download/4366...

CamperBob2 3y ago
People have been unaccountably good to me. I have no enemies, and if certain persons have masqueraded as such, they’ve been far too good-natured to have ever pained me. Anytime I read something written against me, I not only share the sentiment but feel I could do the job far better myself. Perhaps I should advise would-be enemies to send me their grievances beforehand, with full assurance that they will receive my every aid and support. I have even secretly longed to write, under a pen name, a merciless tirade against myself. Ah, the unvarnished truths I harbor! - from the autobiographical essay Gwern cites elsewhere
virtualritz 3y ago
> It is unfair to not cite sources that are contrary with your claim [...] The paper from Fló is from 2013. The book I quoted, which is excellently researched, is from 2019. I suggest to read it. Of course it references & refutes the very research from Fló you cited [1]. Maybe you should have considered that possibilty and formulated your reply as a question before accusing me of omitting facts? Sadly your reply does align with most reactions to anything that questions any of Borges work. On a side note, Borges was a male celebrity. Nelken was a female nobody in comparison. Go figure. [1] https://photos.app.goo.gl/5zuP2waG4n7zSGdt5 https://photos.app.goo.gl/5zuP2waG4n7zSGdt5