Octavio Paz (1914-1998) was born in Mexico City, and his extraordinarily busy and fruitful life took him from civil-war Spain to surrealist Paris, from US universities to the Mexican embassy in New Delhi, where he served for six years as ambassador before resigning in protest after his government’s suppression of student demonstrations at the 1968 Olympic Games. A great poet, Paz was also the author of many essays and a study of Mexican identity, The Labyrinth of Solitude, as well as the founder and editor of two important journals, Plural and Vuelta. Octavio Paz received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990.
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The Power of Ancient Mexican Art
December 6, 1990
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An Open Letter to Fidel Castro
February 2, 1989
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Food of the Gods
February 26, 1987
The Blood of Kings: A New Interpretation of Maya Art 17August 24, 1986), and the Cleveland Museum of Art (October 8December 14, 1986) An exhibition at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas (May
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Worth) by Linda Schele, by Mary Ellen Miller
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In a Cuban Prison
December 7, 1978
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Protest to Podgorny
January 24, 1974
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Unfortunate Inaccuracy
May 20, 1971
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An Open Letter to Fidel Castro
May 6, 1971
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The Shame of the Olympics
November 7, 1968