Date and Place of birth:
b. Sept. 15, 1914, Buenos Aires, Argentina
d. March 8, 1999, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Life and Works:

A member of an upper-class Argentine family, Bioy Casares traveled to Europe and the United States in the 1920s. In 1932 he met Borges - and there began an intimate friendship that would last until the latter's death in 1986. This same year marked the beginning of his long association with Victoria Ocampo, founder of the important literary magazine Sur and one of the most influential cultural figures in Argentine history.

Apparently, Bioy Casares was a great fan of the movies. He once wrote, "I want to wait for the end of the world on the seat of a movie theater."

Novelas:

• La invención de Morel (1940)
• Prólogo de J.L.Borges
• Plan de evasión (1945)
• El sueño de los héroes (1954)
• Diario de la guerra del cerdo (1969)
• Dormir al Sol (1973)
• La aventura de un fotógrafo en La Plata (1985)
• Un campeón desparejo (1993)
• De un mundo a otro (1997)
• Capítulos I,II,II

Cuentos:

• Prólogo (1929)
• 17 disparos contra lo porvenir (1933)
• La estatua casera (1936)
• Luis Greve, muerto (1937)
• La trama celeste (1948)
• En memoria de Paulina
• Las vísperas de Fausto (1949)
• Historia prodigiosa (1956)
• Guirnalda con amores (1959)
• El lado de la sombra (1962)
• El gran serafín (1967)
• El héroe de las mujeres (1978)
• Historia desaforadas (1986)