The novelist, essayist and poet Juan José Saer (1937–2005) was one of the most important Argentinean writers since Borges. The author of twelve novels and four books of short stories, he also published two volumes of essays and two books of poetry. Four of his novels are available in English: Nobody, Nothing, Never (1993, first published as Nadie nada nunca, 1980), The Witness (1990: El entenado, 1983), The Investigation (1999: La pesquisa, 1994) and The Event (1995: La ocasión, 1988).