Though universally acclaimed for his dazzling fictions, Jorge Luis Borges always
considered himself first and foremost a poet. This new bilingual selection
brings together some two hundred poems -- the largest collection of Borges'
poetry ever assembled in English, including scores of poems never previously
translated. Edited by Alexander Coleman, the selection draws from a lifetime's
work -- from Borges' first published volume of verse, Fervor de Buenos Aires
(1923), to his final work, Los conjurados, published just a year before his
death in 1986. Throughout this unique collection the brilliance of the Spanish
originals is matched by luminous English versions by a remarkable cast of
translators, including