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Alberto Manguel was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1948.
* He is an author, translator, and literary critic.
* He has written several books on the history of reading and literature, including *A History of Reading* and *The Library at Night*.
* He has also translated works by authors such as Jorge Luis Borges and Franz Kafka.
* He is a member of the Order of Canada and the Royal Society of Literature.
* He lives in France with his partner, Craig Stephenson.
* He is a passionate advocate for the power of reading and the importance of libraries.
* He is a true Renaissance man who has made significant contributions to the world of literature.

In my fool hardy youth, when my friends were dreaming of heroic deeds in the realms of engineering and law, finance and national politics, I dreamt of becoming a librarian.

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Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.

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At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader.

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Each book was a world unto itself, and in it I took refuge.

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