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About Octavio Paz
Mexican poet, philosopher, and diplomat
Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican poet, philosopher, and diplomat. He is best known for his body of work, which brought him major international recognition across literature and ideas. His career bridged poetry, thought, and public service. He received the Jerusalem Prize in 1977, the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 1981, the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1982, and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990.
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- “The world stretches before me, the vast world of the big, the little, and the medium.”Octavio Paz
- “We go along, without a fixed itinerary, yet at the same time with an end (what end?) in mind, and with the ai…”Octavio Paz
- “Poetry is the experience of liberty. The poet risks himself, chances all on the poem's all with each verse he…”Octavio Paz
- “In each verse, a decision awaits us, and we can't choose to close our eyes and let instinct work on its own.…”Octavio Paz
Painting: more sayings
- “I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza.”Robert Indiana
- “On occasion I have drawn as a release from painting. The economy in using paper, pencil, charcoal and crayon…”William Scott
- “As the books grew bigger and more ambitious, the situations in question sometimes became political ones, and…”Jonathan Coe
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Books by Octavio Paz
Tiempo nublado
1986
The Other Voice
1992
Llama doble
1996
Anthology of Mexican poetry
1983