A great poet, paz was also the author of many essays and a study of mexican identity, the labyrinth of solitude, as well as the founder and editor of two important journals, plural and vuelta. Octavio paz has written one of the most enduring and powerful works ever created on mexico and its people, character, and culture. In 1962, paz became mexicos ambassador to india and resigned six years later in protest when government forces massacred. Social life and customs, vida social y costumbres, civilizacion, caracteristicas nacionales mexicanas, criticism and interpretation, mexican national characteristics, civilization, essays. Compared to ortega y gassets the revolt of the masses for its trenchant analysis, this collection contains octavio paz most famous work, the labyrinth of solitude, a beautifully written and deeply felt discourse on mexicos quest for identity that gives us an. Vuelta was a spanishlanguage literary magazine published in mexico city, mexico from 1976 to 1998.
After the mexican government closed plural in 1975, paz founded vuelta, another cultural. In light of india is paz s return to issues addressed in his poems of india that were inspired by his residence there three decades. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Octavio paz received the nobel prize for literature in 1990. Cahiers du monde hispanique et lusobrsilien, n25, 1975. He was awarded the nobel prize for literature in 1990. Octavio paz lozano march 31, 1914 april 19, 1998 was a mexican poet and diplomat. Plural and vuelta, octavio paz was also a promoter of literate culture in latin america. Vuelta octavio paz fragmento ricardo villanuevahallal. In 1914, octavio paz was born in mexico city to a family of spanish and native mexican descent. The labyrinth of solitude and other writings by octavio paz. Octavio paz vuelta al laberinto mexico nueva espana. Octavio paz lozano was a mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1982. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.