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Borges was never awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]], something which continually distressed the writer.<ref Name="LRB">[http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n09/toib01_.html "Don’t abandon me" Tóibín, Colm'' ''London Review of Books'' 2006-05-11.] Retrieved 2009-04-19</ref> He was one of several distinguished authors who never received the honour.<ref>Feldman, Burton (2000) ''The Nobel Prize: a History of Genius, Controversy and Prestige'', Arcade Publishing p57</ref> Borges commented "Not granting me the Nobel Prize has become a Scandinavian tradition; since I was born they have not been granting it to me."<ref name="profile"/> Some observers speculated that Borges did not receive the award because of his conservative political views; or more specifically, because he had accepted an honour from dictator [[Augusto Pinochet]].<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/07/books/83nobel.html "Briton Wins the Nobel Literature Prize." James M. Markham. ''The New York Times'' 7 October 1983]. Accessed 2010-08-15</ref><ref>Feldman, Burton (2000) ''The Nobel Prize: a History of Genius, Controversy and Prestige'', Arcade Publishing p81</ref>

[[Image:Moneda 2 pesos-Argentina-Borges-1999.jpg|thumb|Special Argentine two-[[Argentine peso|peso]] coin featuring Borges, 1999]]

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