Alberto Manguel.

Born in Argentina, Alberto Manguel was, in his youth, the secretary of Jorge Luis Borges. As a writer in both Spanish and English, his essays and novels have been frequently recognized with awards, including the Médicis Prize for « A History of Reading » (Actes Sud, 1998) and the France Culture Prize for « In the Forest of the Mirror » (Actes Sud, 2000). Residing in France since the 2000s, he was appointed an Officer of Arts and Letters in 2004, one of the highest cultural distinctions in France.