`:I don't have any experience with Borges' poetry to comment on whether Valéry has influenced him there, but having read a number of his non-fiction writings, I think his influence on Borges is indisputable. See ``On Poe's Eureka``, ``Extraneous Remarks``, ``Eupalinos, or the Architect`` for examples.  :I agree, though that the list needs a clean up and expansion.    `