Childhood friend of Borges in Geneva, later a lawyer and political figure, 1901-81.
Fishburn and Hughes: "A Jewish lawyer, writer and poet whom Borges met in the College of Geneva in 1914 and with whom he formed a lifelong friendship. During his stay in Spain, Borges frequently wrote to Abramowicz on literary matters. Borges once told the authors that he had written 'The Unworthy Friend' as a memento of Abramowicz and an expression of his feelings of unworthiness towards him." (1-2)
Parodi: "el supuesto divul-gador de una información reservada lleva el mismo nombre que un condis-cípulo y amigo de Borges en Ginebra. En Borges 978, recuerda Bioy: “Aña-dimos un párrafo al cuento, que titulamos “Homenaje a César Paladión”. Por mi sugerencia cambiamos a Raymond Roussel, como confidente de Pa-ladión, por Abramowicz, amigo de Borges en Ginebra.” En “Goliadkin” es mencionado como ‘el padre Abramowicz’; cf. I §20" (257).