Borges, Jorge LuisBor‧ges, Jor‧ge Lu‧is /ˈbɔːhes $ ˈbɔːr- ˈhɔːheɪ luˈiːs $ ˈhɔːr-/(1899–1986) an Argentinian poet and writer of short stories. He is known for his imaginative style of magic realism (=a type of literature in which impossible events are described as if they are real).