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Octavio Paz

1914–1998 · 20th century

Octavio Paz was a Mexican poet, essayist and diplomat who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990. His essay The Labyrinth of Solitude (1950) is a classic study of Mexican identity, and his poetry includes Sunstone. He resigned as ambassador to India in 1968 in protest at the Tlatelolco massacre.

Octavio Paz
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