Editing Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius (section)

==Publication history==
"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" originally appeared in Spanish in '''''[[Sur (magazine)|SUR]]''''' in May 1940. The Spanish-language original was then published in book form in ''{{lang|es|Antología de la literatura fantástica}}'' (later translated in English as ''[[The Book of Fantasy]]'') —December 1940—, then in Borges's 1941 collection ''El Jardín de senderos que se bifurcan'' (''[[The Garden of Forking Paths]]''). That entire book was, in turn, included within ''[[Ficciones]]'' (1944), a much-reprinted book (15 editions in Argentina by 1971).

The first published English-language translation was by James E. Irby. It appeared in the April 1961 issue of ''[[New World Writing]]''. The following year, Irby's translation was included as the first piece in a diverse collection of Borges works entitled ''[[Labyrinths (short story collection)|Labyrinths]]''. Almost simultaneously, and independently, the piece was translated by Alastair Reid; Reid's version was published in 1962 as part of a collaborative English-language translation of the entirety of ''Ficciones''. The Reid translation is reprinted in ''Borges, a Reader'' (1981, {{ISBN|0-525-47654-7}}), p.&nbsp;111–122. Quotations and page references in this article follow that translation.

It was a finalist for the ''[[Retro Hugo Award]]'' for Best Short Story from 1940 (in 2016).  It is the first non-English work to be nominated in its original language rather than as a translation.

According to the Norwegian writer [[Karl Ove Knausgaard]], "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" is "the best short story ever written."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/conversations-with-tyler/tyler-cowen-karl-ove-knausgaard-writing-cc34a354fed7|title=Karl Ove Knausgård on Literary Freedom (Ep. 66)|date=2 July 2020}}</ref>