COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE
Born in Buenos Aires 24 August 1899 - died in Geneva 14 June 1986
A plaque which will commemorate Borges' stay in Geneva will be affixed to the building in which he spent the last years of hi life.
The ceremony will be held on Saturday 12 June, 1999, at 11 : 30AM on the corner of No 26 Grand'Rue and the Ruelle du Sautier.
A concert will be given by a Quintet from the Lancy-Geneva Orchestra, conduced by Roberto Sawicki, at the Saint-Germain Church on the rue des Granges. Mr. Hermán Ormeño will give a poetry reading.
HERE, IN No. 28 GRAND'RUE LIVED
JORGE LUIS BORGES
WRITER
Buenos Aires Geneva
1899 1986
"OF ALL THE CITIES ON EARTH,OF ALL THE INTIMATE HOMELAND SWHICH A MAN SEEKS TO EARN DURING HIS TRAVELS, GENEVA SEEMS TO ME TO BE THE ONE MOST PROPITIOUS TO HAPPINESS"
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