Short answers, pulled from the story.
Jorge Luis Borges was born on the 24th of August 1899 in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires and died on the 14th of June 1986 in Geneva, Switzerland. He passed away from liver cancer at the age of 86 while staying in Geneva.
Jorge Luis Borges began to lose his vision in his early thirties and was completely blind after his fifty-eighth birthday. His condition progressed until he could no longer read or write, forcing him to rely on his mother and later his wife to dictate his work.
A severe head injury in 1938 that nearly killed him from sepsis caused Jorge Luis Borges to explore a new style of writing. During his recovery from this accident, he began writing stories like Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote that redefined the boundaries of fiction.
Jorge Luis Borges resigned from his position at the Miguel Cané Library in 1946 because Juan Perón removed him from the post and promoted him to inspector of poultry and rabbits. He quit the following day to protest the political changes and the transformation of Argentina into a one-party state.
Jorge Luis Borges married María Kodama in April 1986 via an attorney in Paraguay to circumvent Argentine divorce laws. He died of liver cancer on the 14th of June 1986 in Geneva, Switzerland, shortly after their marriage.