Pierre Ménard

Pierre Ménard is a fictional character created by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, featured in his story 'Pierre Ménard, Author of the Quixote.' Ménard is portrayed as a modern-day writer who aspires to recreate Miguel de Cervantes' classic novel 'Don Quixote' not by copying it, but by writing it anew from scratch, emphasizing the complexities of authorship, interpretation, and the nature of literary creation.