There are books, magazines, Borges’s notes, and letters. There are works that were acquired by many collectors and book-sellers and it’s all documented. In comments given to the Todo Noticias news channel, the businessman argued that: “ is not stolen. Roemmers denied the articles in question were stolen this week. In response to Kodama’s accusations, he said that “everything has its documentation” and that Wednesday’s meeting was the first time he felt his collection had been taken seriously. In the display cases of the building on Anchorena 1660 (Beside what once was the residence of the Borges family between 19) Borges’ library, his collection of canes, paintings, decorations, photographs, facsimiles, homages, and originals, among other items are all available to view. The last wife of the prolific poet and author emphasised in the conversation with the news agency that a Borges Museum already exists within the headquarters of her organisation. "They are all things that this woman stole from the house.” In the same vein, upon being asked about Roemmers’ intentions in donating the books and manuscripts of the author, Kodama scathingly remarked that “they are all stolen items." Borges’ work was always outside of politics.” Upon being consulted about the announcement of the incoming head of state, the widow of the literary giant was heavy-handed, uterring: “I don’t care one way or another. That’s how it is in this country,” Kodama told Noticias Argentinas this week. Everyone does whatever they want: nobody asks anyone, nor respects anyone. She has protected his legacy thorough her organisation, The International Jorge Luis Borges Foundation, since 1988. Kodama was bequeathed Borges' rights as author in a will written in 1979 and later, in 1985, his his whole estate. The announcement, initially thought to be an exciting development for the literary world, struck a nerve with María Kodama, Borges' widow and a respected author and professor. Roemmers gave Fernández a signed copy before presenting his donation, which alone will enable the construction of – as the President-elect announced via a tweet following the meeting – “The Borges Museum” in honour of “the greatest man in literature this country has ever had.”
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