Who is Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Early life

Octavio Paz was born near Mexico City. His family was a prominent liberal political family in Mexico, with Spanish and indigenous Mexican roots. with his grandfather, Ireneo Paz, the family's patriarch, having fought in the War of the Reform against conservatives, and then became a staunch supporter of liberal war hero Porfirio Díaz up until just before the 1910 outbreak of the Mexican Revolution. Ireneo Paz became an intellectual and journalist, starting several newspapers, ...
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Octavio Paz Poems

  • Piedra De Sol
    La treizième revient...c'est encor la première;
    et c'est toujours la seule-ou c'est le seul moment;
    car es-tu reine, ô toi, la première ou dernière?
    es-tu roi, toi le seul ou le dernier amant? ...
  • No More Clichés
    Beautiful face
    That like a daisy opens its petals to the sun
    So do you
    Open your face to me as I turn the page....
  • Across
    I turn the page of the day,
    writing what I'm told
    by the motion of your eyelashes.
    ...
  • Counterparts
    In my body you search the mountain
    for the sun buried in its forest.
    In your body I search for the boat
    adrift in the middle of the night....
  • Summit And Gravity
    There's a motionless tree
    And another one coming forward
    A river of trees
    Hits my chest...
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Night 9 Body 6 Open 4 Sun 4 Light 4 Water 3 Moment 3 World 3 Room 2 Dark 2


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Psalm 119 Part 10
 by Isaac Watts

Pleading the promises.

ver. 38,49

Behold thy waiting servant, Lord,
Devoted to thy fear;
Remember and confirm thy word,
For all my hopes are there.
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