Octavio Paz (1914–1998)
Author of The Labyrinth of Solitude
About the Author
Octavio Paz was born in Mexico City, Mexico on March 31, 1914. In 1938, he became one of the founders of the journal, Taller. In 1943, he travelled to the United States on a Guggenheim Fellowship where he became immersed in Anglo-American Modernist poetry. He entered the Mexican diplomatic service show more in 1945 and was sent to France then India. In 1968, he resigned from the diplomatic service in protest against the government's suppression of the student demonstrations during the Olympic Games in Mexico. He was a poet and an essayist. His works include The Labyrinth of Solitude, The Grammarian Monkey, East Slope, and The Other Mexico. He received numerous awards including the Cervantes award in 1981, the American Neustadt Prize in 1982, and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990. He also worked as an editor and publisher. He founded two magazines dedicated to the arts and politics: Plural and Vuelta. He died of cancer on April 19, 1998. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Octavio Paz
The Labyrinth of Solitude: The Other Mexico, Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude, Mexico and the United States, the… (1985) 794 copies
El laberinto de la soledad, Postdata, Vuelta a El laberinto de la soledad (Spanish Edition) (1993) 289 copies
The Other Mexico: Critique of the Pyramid (An Evergreen Black Cat Book, B-359) (1972) — Author — 32 copies
Obras completas, I. La casa de la presencia. Poesía e historia (Letras Mexicanas) (Spanish Edition) (1994) 28 copies
Mexico and the United States {essay} 22 copies
Obras completas, 8. El peregrino en su patria : historia y política de México (Spanish Edition) (1994) 15 copies
Five Works by Octavio Paz: Conjunctions and Disjunctions / Marcel Duchamp: Appearance Stripped Bare / The Monkey… (2012) 14 copies
México en la obra de Octavio Paz, I. El peregrino en su patria: historia y política de México, 3.… (1987) 14 copies
México en la obra de Octavio Paz, III. Los privilegios de la vista : arte de México, 1. Arte antiguo y… (1987) 11 copies
México en la obra de Octavio Paz, II. Generaciones y semblanzas: escritores y letras de México (1987) 8 copies
20 poesie 7 copies
The Philanthropic Ogre {essay} 7 copies
Obras completas Vol. 2. Excursiones e incursiones : dominio extranjero / Fundación y disidencia : dominio hispánico (2014) 7 copies
Obras completas, tomo VI Ideas y costumbres. La letra y el cetro. Usos y símbolos (Spanish Edition) (1994) 6 copies
También soy escritura. Octavio Paz cuenta de sí (Vida y Pensamiento de Mexico) (Spanish Edition) (2014) 6 copies
Tres Revolucionarios, Tres Testimonios, II: Zapata/Three Revolutionaries, Three Testimonies, II : Zapata (1986) 6 copies
Alati on olevik : [luuletused] 5 copies
The Other Mexico {essay} 5 copies
La Centena (Poemas: 1935-1968) 5 copies
Palabras en Espiral 4 copies
Le opere: Il fuoco di ogni giorno, Il labirinto della solitudine, Apparenza nuda. L'opera di Marcel Duchamp, Passione e… (1995) 4 copies
2. Modernistas y modernos (México en la Obra de Octavio Paz, II. Generaciones y semblanzas: escritores y letras de… (1987) 3 copies
Lecturas de Piedra de Sol. Edición conmemorativa del poema de Octavio Paz (Obras Completas) (Spanish Edition) (2007) 3 copies
Tres Revolucionarios, Tres Testimonios, I: Madero/Villa/Three Revolutionaries, Three Testimonies, I : Madero/Villa (1986) 3 copies
Melinda Camber Porter in Conversation with Octavio Paz, Cuernavaca, Mexico 1983: ISSN Vol 1, No. 4 Melinda Camber… (2017) 3 copies
Mise au net 3 copies
Imago 3 copies
PAISAJE DE ECOS VOLUMEN I I 2 copies
D'un mot à l'autre : poèmes 2 copies
Luis Buñuel: el doble arco de la belleza y de la rebeldía (Tezontle) (Spanish Edition) (2012) 2 copies
Tamayo en la pintura mexicana 2 copies
Miscelánea. Primeros escritos y entrevista: Obras completas. Vol.VIII (Spanish Edition) (2005) 2 copies
Versant est 2 copies
Remedios Varo 2 copies
Yanlızlık dolambacı 2 copies
Japn en Octavio Paz 2 copies
Octavio Paz : los privilegios de la vista : Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, marzo-junio 1990 2 copies
Poesía, Mito y Revolución 2 copies
El signo y el garabato 1 copy
Cloudburst SHEET MUSIC SATB 1 copy
Traduccion Y Metáfora (1981) 1 copy
鷲か太陽か？ 1 copy
Cabeza de ängel y otros dos 1 copy
A Estação Violenta 1 copy
Cifte Alev 1 copy
Rire et pénitence: [essais] 1 copy
Lecture et contemplation 1 copy
Poesía En Movimiento 1 1 copy
Libertada bajo Palabra 1 copy
historia geral da arte 1 copy
Mais do Que Erótico: Sade 1 copy
GÜNEŞ TAŞI 1 copy
El arco y la lira 1 copy
Ποιήματα. Το ισπανόφωνο έργο 1 copy
Trazos : Chuang-tzu y otros 1 copy
Conjunciones y disyunciones. 1 copy
Árvore Adentro Livro 1 1 copy
Pintado en Mexico 1 copy
Art millénaire des Amériques : de la Découverte à l'Admiration 1492-1992 (1992) — Author — 1 copy
El arte de vivir 1 copy
Semillas para un himno 1 copy
The Indiscreet Mirror [article, in Proceedings of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, May 16, 1984;… (1984) 1 copy
In the Middle of This Phrase and Other Poems : Contemporary Poets in Signed Limited Editions (1987) 1 copy
Huasteška dama 1 copy
Lukovi 1 copy
La Centena ed. autografada 1 copy
PUERTAS DEL CAMPO 1 copy
Éloge de la négation 1 copy
Každodenný oheň 1 copy
El mono grámatico 1 copy
Antonio Peláez, pintor 1 copy
Hommage aux mains 1 copy
Poemas esenciales 1 copy
Le signe grammairien 1 copy
Nocturno de San Ildefonso 1 copy
México en la obra de Octavio Paz, 2, De la Independencia a la Revolución. Crítica de la pirámide 1 copy
Vuelta sudamericana 1 copy
Topoemas 1 copy
Hablar, Conversar, Decir 1 copy
EL ARCO I LA LIRA 1 copy
Associated Works
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 929 copies
Introducción a la literatura hispanoamericana : de la conquista al siglo XX (1997) — Contributor — 20 copies
Sunlight on the River: Poems About Paintings, Paintings About Poems (2015) — Contributor — 10 copies
The Spanish-speaking world : an anthology of cross-cultural perspectives (1992) — Contributor — 3 copies
Montemora No. 1 — Contributor — 2 copies
New Voices of Hispanic America: An Anthology — Contributor — 2 copies
Projekt Totentanz - memento mori Aspekte des Todes in der Kunst ; Dokumentation einer Ausstellung im Museum Bochum vom… (1998) — Contributor — 2 copies
Antaeus No. 29, Spring 1978 — Contributor — 2 copies
Quetzalcoatl et Guadalupe ; La formation de la conscience nationale au Mexique (1974) — Preface — 1 copy
Biblioteca de Mexico, no. 75 — Contributor — 1 copy
The Review of Conttemporary Fiction: Number VIII, #2 — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Paz Lozano, Octavio
- Birthdate
- 1914-03-31
- Date of death
- 1998-04-19
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Birthplace
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Place of death
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Cause of death
- cancer
- Places of residence
- Mexico City, Mexico (birth)
- Education
- University of Mexico
- Occupations
- poet
diplomat
essayist
editor - Relationships
- Garro, Elena (wife|divorced)
- Organizations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary, Literature, 1972)
- Awards and honors
- Nobel Prize in Literature (1990)
Neustadt International Prize for Literature (1982)
Premio Miguel de Cervantes (1981)
Jerusalem Prize (1977)
T. S. Eliot Award (1987)
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Discussions
1914: Octavio Paz - Resources and General Discussion in Literary Centennials (June 2014)
Reviews
Mexico Splendors of Thirty Centuries by Octavio Paz
Exhibition of Mexican art and history, preColumbian to 20th century, at MET
Una forma muy amena de acercarnos al autor; las ilustraciones realizadas por niños (y en sí mismas llenas de poesía) son sin duda el elemento clave de este libro, pues nos da cuenta de la forma en la que Paz ha impactado y sigue impactando a generaciones de lectores.
An extremely interesting look at poetry, translation, culture, and implication. I think it would’ve been interesting to have a conclusion at the end wherein the essayist takes a holistic look at the interpretations. He does draw comparison here and there between the different translations, but a final portion comparing what he deems the best and most lacking translations would’ve been a nice end.
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