Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican poet, essayist and diplomat who lived from 1914 to 1998. His body of work was recognized with numerous major honors, including the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature, and he combined a career as a diplomat with sustained writing on Mexican identity, surrealism and poetics that made him one of the most influential Spanish language writers of the twentieth century.
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AwardNobel Prize in Literature (1990) 1 Classification
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Why did Octavio Paz resign from the Mexican diplomatic service?
He resigned in 1968 in protest against the government's suppression of the student demonstrations in Tlatelolco.
Octavio Paz resigned from the Mexican diplomatic service in 1968 as a protest. The Nobel Prize biography of Paz says he acted against the government's bloodstained suppression of the student demonstrations in Tlatelolco during the Olympic Games in Mexico. He had been a diplomat since 1945, and his break with the government in 1968 ended that career.
What was Octavio Paz's connection to the surrealists?
He worked with Andre Breton and Benjamin Peret on surrealist activities and publications while a diplomat in France.
While serving as a Mexican diplomat in France, Octavio Paz took an active part in activities and publications organized by the surrealists. The Nobel Prize biography names Andre Breton and Benjamin Peret as the writers he worked alongside. It was also in France that Paz wrote his study of Mexican identity, The Labyrinth of Solitude.
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Lead section, first sentence, birth year
March 31, 1914
Lead section, first sentence, birth date
March 31, 1914
Lead section, first sentence, death date
April 19, 1998
Later life
Paz died of cancer on April 19, 1998, in Mexico City.
Lead section, second sentence
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.
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Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican poet, essayist and diplomat who lived from 1914 to 1998.
In Genre: Poetry, Lead paragraph
was a Mexican philosopher, poet, and diplomat
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