Does the Borel-transform of the Lerch-Transcendent have a name/simple expression?

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The Lerch-transcendent as given in Mathworld is $$ \Phi(z,s,a)= \sum_{k=0}^\infty {z^k\over (a+k)^s}$$ I'm fiddling with series of the form $$ f_n(z)=\sum_{k=0}^\infty {z^k\over (1+k)^n} $$ and their Borel-transforms $$ g_n(z)=\sum_{k=0}^\infty {z^k\over (1+k)^n }{1 \over k!} $$ such that $g_n(z)$ is also the Borel-transform of $\Phi(z,n,1)$.
I want now work with $f_n(z)$ and $g_n(z)$ (and their derivatives) at integer values $n$ only and want improve some hypotheses (so far only gotten by numerical approximations) for $g_n(z)$ and its derivatives - of course there might exist (possibly simple) expressions for this already. So my question:

Q: Are there closed form expressions known for the Borel-transform for the Lerch-transcendent (or at least for the $g_n(z)$ in my definition at integer values $n$) ?


Additional background: I'm trying to understand the behaviour of $f_n(z)$ when it is divergent, for instance for negative $n$. The Borel-transform $g_n(z)$ is still convergent (entire in both parameters) and finding analytic expressions for them might help to describe $f_n(z)$ better for the divergent (or conditionally convergent) cases.

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They are called polyexponentials, see http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.1332