Octavio Paz (1914-1998)
This Mexican poet and critic became the 1990 Nobel Prize winner "for
impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous
intelligence and humanistic integrity."
The Nobel Foundation reviews the life and works of Octavio Paz.
An excerpt from "In Light of India", published in Spanish in 1995 and in English in 1997.
Enrique Krauze reviews the life of Octavio Paz.
Octavio's 1990 Nobel lecture after winning the award.
Makarand Paranjape rereads Paz after his death, and wonders if poets really ever die.
A brief obituary and a poem by Octavio Paz.
