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Octavio Paz

Born

in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico

March 31, 1914

Died

April 19, 1998

Genre

Poetry, Nonfiction, Essays

Influences

Rubén Darío, Juana Inés de la Cruz, Alfonso Reyes, Gerardo Diego, Stép ...more

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Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature ("for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity.") ...more

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	The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings by Octavio Paz, Lysander Kemp (Translator), Yara Milos (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 15,041 ratings — published 1950 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Poems, 1957-1987 by Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger (Editor), Elizabeth Bishop (Translator) 4.32 avg rating — 3,088 ratings — published 1991 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Double Flame: Love and Eroticism by Octavio Paz, Helen R. Lane (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 1,834 ratings — published 1993 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Piedra de Sol = Sunstone by Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger (Translator) 4.33 avg rating — 1,395 ratings — published 1957 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz o Las trampas de la fe 4.25 avg rating — 855 ratings — published 1982 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Light of India by Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 863 ratings — published 1995 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El arco y la lira 4.28 avg rating — 697 ratings — published 1956 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Libertad bajo palabra 4.17 avg rating — 547 ratings — published 1966 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	¿Águila o Sol? 4.11 avg rating — 533 ratings — published 1951 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poems of Octavio Paz by Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger (Translator) 4.40 avg rating — 484 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Deserve your dream.”
― octavio paz

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“Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.”
― Octavio Paz

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“Love is an attempt to penetrate another being, but it can only be realized if the surrender is mutual.”
― Octavio Paz , The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings

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