Afghanistan dar Masir-e Tarikh (Afghanistan in the Course of History) published in 1967

 

here are some of his published works..

 

Some of these books may have been lost, burned, and some maybe found in Kabul. But they are written in Dari, and awhile back english translations were avaiable on his History of Afghanistan book, but i have yet to claim one.

There are a few others i want to mention as well

 

I also believe we have some of the best childrens books writers in our country, like Thea Beckman, Evert Hartman, and Tonke Dragt.

 

As for English literature, I like 19th century lit. Like Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde and Dickens. I have not read much American literature. I had to read Cather in the Rye in school, and I found it increadibly boring at the time... perhaps I should re-read...

 

Thea Beckman is indeed an good writer but it are all childeren books

 

last I read one book of here for an book report on the beginning it was nice but later on it annoyed me for it was for childeren

 

 

 

I like Mulisch, I read a lot of his books. (I had to read a total of 50 books Dutch literature for school, I must say that most Dutch literature is intensely boring, but Mulisch is quite fun)

 

Isabel Allende (The house of spirits) The most famous.

 

Roberto Bolaño

Luis Sepulveda

Jose Donoso

Ariel Dorfman

Vicente Huidobro

 

And two winners of the Nobel Price:

 

Pablo Neruda

Gabriela Mistral

 

 

wow  you must be or an very hard worker or an smart adult

 

yes the most dutch literature is very boring

 

ok you like Harry mullisch I like Shakespeare

 

Now, I agree, Borges was an extraordinary writer of fantastic tales. I don't believe he is a modern day "Homer", because Homer didn't have that imagination.  Now, Borges is a "metaphysical" philosopher rather than an average writer. Perhaps Phillip K. Dick was so nut as him, although Borges just need a short story to express an universe.

 

Pinguin

 

 

 

 

 

Patricio Manns, the composer?

 

Actually, it is not very famous as a writer in here. As far as I know. Sorry.

 

I read an essay of an argentinean scholar, called Carlos Abraham, about Borges. He says Borges great masters were SF and terror writers, particularly H.G. Wells, C.S. Lewis (space series) and Lovecraft, authors that he admired very much. However, Borges insisted in converting every idea into the classical literary cannon.

 

That's why is so surprise in his story "Tlon, Uqbar, Ordis Tertius", the reader makes a "space travel" to a very distant planet, called Tlon. But he does not need space ships to do it, but just reading a book.

 

Borges was a genious. It is so sad he never received the Nobel prize that he deserved.

 

Penguin

 

 

 

 

 

 

He was genious indeed, but I wouldn't say he was writer. He was a kindof "thinker" whereas his writing skills were not somewhat special. Which does not make his stories less interesting. IMHO.

 

My country is not famous by its writers but we have some good as well. From classic ones I would name Ivan Vazov and Elin Pelin. From modern ones the best is Teodora Dimova and her novel "Emine".

 

It was unfair indeed, mate  Keeping in mind that it was my humble opinion which I don't insist to be true. I am a big fan of Borges and statement that he was not a writer is not a disrespect to his work. What I mean is that his escellent ideas and thoughts were not expressed in the best way he could do this. His essays are not of easy reading. Following a frequent tendency to compare Latin American writers I may say that Cortazar and Marquez are "writers" whereas Borges was a "thinker". And all of them were genius people which every intelligent person should read.