Editing Jorge Luis Borges (section)

==Legacy==
Maria Kodama, his widow and heir on the basis of the marriage and two wills, gained control over his works. Her assertive administration of his estate resulted in a bitter dispute with the French publisher [[Gallimard]] regarding the republication of the complete works of Borges in French, with [[Pierre Assouline]] in ''[[Le Nouvel Observateur]]'' (August 2006) calling her "an obstacle to the dissemination of the works of Borges". Kodama took legal action against Assouline, considering the remark unjustified and defamatory, asking for a symbolic compensation of one euro.<ref>[http://edant.revistaenie.clarin.com/notas/2008/05/14/01671869.html María Kodama demanda a un periodista francés por difamación y reclama nada más que 1 euro] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235135/http://edant.revistaenie.clarin.com/notas/2008/05/14/01671869.html |date=3 March 2016 }}, edant.revistaenie.clarin.com, 14 May 2008; accessed 1 April 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Se suspendió un juicio por obras de Borges: reacción de Kodama |url=http://edant.revistaenie.clarin.com/notas/2008/05/15/01672570.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220248/http://edant.revistaenie.clarin.com/notas/2008/05/15/01672570.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=14 September 2011 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{in lang|es}} Octavi Martí, Kodama frente a Borges, ''El País'' (Madrid), Edición Impresa, 16 August 2006. [http://www.elpais.es/articulo/revista/agosto/Kodama/frente/Borges/elpporcul/20060816elpepirdv_1/Tes Abstract online]; full text accessible online by subscription only.</ref> Kodama also rescinded all publishing rights for existing collections of his work in English, including the translations by [[Norman Thomas di Giovanni]], in which Borges himself had collaborated, and from which di Giovanni would have received an unusually high fifty percent of the royalties. Kodama commissioned new translations by [[Andrew Hurley (academic)|Andrew Hurley]], which have become the official translations in English.<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/12/1057783281684.html Richard Flanagan, "Writing with Borges"], ''[[The Age]]'' (Australia), 12 July 2003; accessed 16 August 2010.</ref> At the time of her death, Kodama left no will and the status of the Borges estate is in limbo.{{cn|date=March 2025}}