Title: El milagro secreto

Title: El milagro secreto Title Record # 1564884
Author: Jorge Luis Borges
Date: 1943-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: Spanish

Note: First published in Sur 101 (February 1943)

Synopsis: "Jaromir Hladik, a Czechoslovakian writer, confronts a German firing squad. He prays to God for a full year in order to complete his play. A tear starts from his eye. In the time that the tear falls, he mentally finishes, without hurry, revising as he writes, his play. When the tear finishes its fall, at that moment, he is shot to death by the firing squad." (RayS)

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1959^ⓘTranslated by Karl August Horst; Gisbert Haefs revised the translation in 1981 and again in 1988.	German	Das geheime Wunder
1962^ⓘTranslated by Harriet de Onis.	English	The Secret Miracle
1962^ⓘTranslated by Anthony Kerrigan.	English	The Secret Miracle
1972	Hungarian	A titokban végbement csoda
1972^ⓘTranslated by Darie Novăceanu	Romanian	Miracolul secret
1974^ⓘTranslated by Franco Lucentini	Italian	Il miracolo segreto
1985^ⓘTranslated by Fatih Özgüven.	Turkish	Gizli Mucize
1998^ⓘTranslated by Andrew Hurley	English	The Secret Miracle
2003^ⓘTranslated by José Colaço Barreiros	Portuguese	O Milagre Secreto

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nominations Below Cutoff	2019 Retro Hugo	Best Short Story

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Ficciones	1944-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Sur			203	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	coll
Ficciones	1956-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Sur			197	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	coll
Labyrinthe	1959-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Hanser		DM 8.40^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	300	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Labyrinthe	1959-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Hanser		DM 16.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	300	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Antología personal	1961-12-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Sur			195	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings	1962-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	New Directions		$5.50^?$: US dollar	xxiii+ 248	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Gilda Kuhlman
Labyrinthe	1962-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	dtv (dtv Sonderreihe #6)		DM 2.50^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	168	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Ficciones	1962-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Grove Press		$3.50^?$: US dollar	174	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Ficciones	1962-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Weidenfeld & Nicolson		21/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	174	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Ficciones	1963-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Grove Press		$2.45^?$: US dollar	174	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings	1964-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	New Directions	NDP186	$1.90^?$: US dollar	xxiii+ 260	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Gilda Kuhlman
Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings	1964-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	New Directions			xxiii+ 260	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Gilda Kuhlman
Fictions	1966-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Jupiter (London, UK)	J7	6/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	159	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
A Personal Anthology	1967-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Grove Press			xii+ 210	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
A Personal Anthology	1968-03-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Jonathan Cape	0-224-61244-1	30/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Sämtliche Erzählungen: Das Aleph - Fiktionen - Universalgeschichte der Niedertracht	1970-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Hanser (Die Bücher der Neunzehn #190)		DM 14.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	347	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Sämtliche Erzählungen: Das Aleph - Fiktionen - Universalgeschichte der Niedertracht	1972-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Neue Schweizer Bibliothek		CHF 9.80^?CHF: Swiss franc	347	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Körkörös romok	1972-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Kozmosz Könyvek^?Kozmosz Konyvek ( Kozmosz Fantasztikus Könyvek^?Kozmosz Fantasztikus Konyvek #19)		Ft 11^?Ft: Hungarian forint	251	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Korga György^?Korga Gyoergy
Moartea și busola^?Moartea si busola	1972-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Editura Univers (Meridiane #185)			400	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	coll	Ion State
The Modern Tradition: An Anthology of Short Stories	1972-00-00	ed. Daniel F. Howard	Little, Brown			xx+ 646	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Finzioni (La biblioteca di Babele)	1974-09-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Mondadori (Oscar Libreria #L 169)	11861	Lit 900^?Lit: Italian lira	xx+ 130	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Salvador Dali
Twice-Told Tales: An Anthology of Short Fiction	1979-00-00	ed. Gerard A. Barker	Houghton Mifflin	0-395-26635-1		xiii+ 689	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Labyrinthe	1979-03-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Heyne (Das besondere Taschenbuch #27)	3-453-43046-8	DM 6.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	272	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Erzählungen 1935 - 1944	1981-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Hanser (Jorge Luis Borges: Gesammelte Werke #3/I)	3-446-12994-4	DM 34.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	256	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Labyrinths	1983-09-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Modern Library	0-394-60449-0	$8.95^?$: US dollar	xxiii+ 253	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Stephen Alcorn , R. D. Scudellari
Yolları Çatallanan Bahçe^?Yollari Catallanan Bahce	1985-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Can ( Çağdaş Dünya Yazarları^?Cagdas Dunya Yazarlari )			134	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Blaue Tiger und andere Geschichten	1988-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Hanser (Hansers Bibliothek der Erzähler)	3-446-15120-6	DM 24.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	344	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Fiktionen	1992-05-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Fischer Taschenbuch (Jorge Luis Borges, Werke in 20 Bänden #5)	3-596-10581-1	DM 14.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	187	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Ficciones	1993-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Alfred A. Knopf	0-679-42299-4		xliii+ 143	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Fiktionen	1994-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Taschenbücher #12403)	3-596-12403-4	DM 10.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	187	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Ficciones	1994-02-01	Jorge Luis Borges	Grove Press	0-8021-3030-5	$13.00^?$: US dollar	174	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Yolları Çatallanan Bahçe^?Yollari Catallanan Bahce	1995-04-00	Jorge Luis Borges	İletişim^?Iletisim ( Çağdaş Dünya Edebiyatı (İletişim)^?Cagdas Dunya Edebiyati (Iletisim) #70)	975-470-482-1		142	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Ficciones	1997-11-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Alianza Editorial (Biblioteca de Autor #2)	84-206-3312-7		234	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Hieronymus Bosch
Ficciones: Hayaller ve Hikâyeler	1998-04-00	Jorge Luis Borges	İletişim^?Iletisim ( Çağdaş Dünya Edebiyatı (İletişim)^?Cagdas Dunya Edebiyati (Iletisim) #96)	975-470-657-3		163	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Collected Fictions	1998-09-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Viking	0-670-84970-7	$40.00^?$: US dollar	565	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Paul Buckley
A Personal Anthology	1999-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Grove Press	0-8021-3077-1	$12^?$: US dollar	x+ 210	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Collected Fictions	1999-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Allen Lane	0-7139-9269-7	£20.00^?£: UK pound	565	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Hieronymus Bosch
Collected Fictions	1999-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)	0-14-028680-2	$16.95^?$: US dollar	565	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Paul Buckley
Erzählungen 1: Universalgeschichte der Niedertracht - Fiktionen - Das Aleph	2000-09-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Hanser (Jorge Luis Borges, Gesammelte Werke in 9 Bänden #5)	3-446-19878-4	DM 45.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	426	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Labyrinths	2000-09-28	Jorge Luis Borges	Penguin Books	0-14-118484-1		287	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Ficções	2003-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Público (Mil Folhas #39)	84-96075-62-1	€4.20^?€: Euro	159	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Im Labyrinth	2003-04-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Fischer Taschenbuch	3-596-50632-8	€9.00^?€: Euro	335	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Ficciones	2006-03-21	Jorge Luis Borges	Alianza Editorial (El Libro de Bolsillo)	84-206-6656-4		234	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Daniel Gil
Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings	2007-05-00	Jorge Luis Borges	New Directions	978-0-8112-1699-9	$13.95^?$: US dollar	xxiii+ 256	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Tamara Shopsin , Jason Fulford
Die unendliche Bibliothek	2010-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Fischer Taschenbuch	978-3-596-51158-7	€10.00^?€: Euro	521	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Fiktionen	2012-00-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Fischer Taschenbuch (Jorge Luis Borges, Werke in 20 Bänden #5)	978-3-596-10581-6		187	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Martin Noël^?Martin Noel
Ficciones: Hayaller ve Hikâyeler	2012-03-00	Jorge Luis Borges	İletişim^?Iletisim ( Çağdaş Dünya Edebiyatı (İletişim)^?Cagdas Dunya Edebiyati (Iletisim) #96)	978-975-470-657-4	TL 14.80^?TL: Turkish lira	163	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Hieronymus Bosch
Die unendliche Bibliothek	2013-05-00	Jorge Luis Borges	Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Klassik)	978-3-596-90532-4	€12.99^?€: Euro	382	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Ficciones	2015-05-12	Jorge Luis Borges	Grove Press	978-0-8021-9073-4	$16.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Ficciones: Hayaller ve Hikâyeler	2015-11-00	Jorge Luis Borges	İletişim^?Iletisim ( İletişim Klasikleri^?Iletisim Klasikleri #66)	978-975-05-1341-1	TL 17.50^?TL: Turkish lira	203	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Hieronymus Bosch
Labyrinths	date unknown	Jorge Luis Borges	New Directions	0-8112-0012-4	$2.25^?$: US dollar	xxiii+ 260	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Gilda Kuhlman
Labyrinths	date unknown	Jorge Luis Borges	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	978-0-14-118484-5	£9.99^?£: UK pound	287	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Sean Kernan
Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings	date unknown	Jorge Luis Borges	New Directions	0-8112-0012-4	$12.95^?$: US dollar	xxiii+ 256	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Gilda Kuhlman

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