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Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz. (March 31,1914-April 19,1998). Biographical information. Published his first poems as a teenager in 1931. At age 19, he published his first collection of poetry, called “Luna Silvestre”(wild moon) In 1990- he was awarded the Nobel prize in Literature. Contributions to Mexico.

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Octavio Paz

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  1. Octavio Paz (March 31,1914-April 19,1998)

  2. Biographical information • Published his first poems as a teenager in 1931. • At age 19, he published his first collection of poetry, called “Luna Silvestre”(wild moon) • In 1990- he was awarded the Nobel prize in Literature

  3. Contributions to Mexico • Served as Mexican ambassador to India • He founded a magazine called “Taller”, which encouraged young poets to start publishing their work.

  4. Key ides from Nobel prize speech • Reflected on Latin American identity “I should briefly mention what distinguishes Spain from other European countries, giving it a particularly original historical identity-” Octavio Paz mentioned in his speech of acceptance for literature. • Paz also went on about giving the Spanish describing them as having a peninsular eccentricity that embodies the centuries of influence from Jewish, Roman, Arabs thought, and the Reconquest. • Octavio frequently commented on his native Mexican identity from the topics within his speech.

  5. List of Author’s work • The Labyrinth of Satitude(1950) • “Piedre de Sol” (“Sunstone”) (1957) • “La Hija de Reppaccini” (1956)

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