Adolfo Bioy Casares

Adolfo Bioy Casares
Bioy Casares in 1968
Born(1914-09-15)15 September 1914
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died8 March 1999(1999-03-08) (aged 84)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Resting placeLa Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires
Occupations
  • Writer
  • poet
  • critic
  • librarian
Notable workThe Invention of Morel
Spouse
(m. 1940; died 1993)
AwardsMiguel de Cervantes Prize (1991)

Adolfo Bioy Casares (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈðolfo ˈβjoj kaˈsaɾes]; 15 September 1914 – 8 March 1999) was an Argentine fiction writer, journalist, diarist, and translator. He was a friend and frequent collaborator with his fellow countryman Jorge Luis Borges. He is the author of the Fantastique novel The Invention of Morel.