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Octavio Paz was born in March near Mexico City and pursued poetry under the guidance of Pablo Neruda.
Octavio Paz's poetry collections include classics like Luna Silvestre and Raíz del hombre. His writings show the influence of surrealism and existentialism.
Octavio Paz was introduced to European and Mexican literature by his grandfather early in his life. His introduction to literature helped him realize his passion for writing. Octavio Paz did most of his literary works while living in Mexico City. While studying law at the National University of Mexico, he became familiar with Leftist poet Pablo Neruda. This was his initiation into poetry. He first published his collection of poems in 1933 called Luna Silvestre (Wild Moon). In 1932, with some friends, he founded and published his first literary review, Barandal. His collection of poetry Entre la Piedra with Spanish texts and its subsequent English translation established Octavio Paz as a surrealist and existentialist poet.
Octavio Paz is one of the wealthiest poets to be born in Mexico. His estimated net worth ranges from $1 million.
As Octavio Paz passed away on April 19th, 1998, there is no information about the annual earnings of the poet.
There is no information available about the height of Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz was born on March 31st, 1914. As he was born in March, his zodiac sign was Aries. But he died on April 19th, 1998, at 84. If he had lived then, considering his birthday to be March 31st, 1914, his current age would be 108 years.
Octavio Paz was born in Mexico to a liberal political family with Spanish and indigenous Mexican roots. He was the son of Octavio Solorzano and Josefina Lozano. His grandfather's thinking influenced Octavio's early writings and introduced him to European literature. In college, he developed a close relationship with leftist writers and poets like Pablo Neruda, who will continue to influence the poetry of Paz.
Octavio Paz was once in love with the Italian painter Bona Tibertelli. From 1937, he was married to Elena Garro, and from 1965 to 1998, he married Marie-Jose.
As a result, he became a writer. He took up writing as a profession when he resigned from his post as an Ambassador to India to protest against the government forces that massacred the student demonstrators in Mexico City. As a writer, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990.
Octavio Paz won the Nobel Prize in 1990 for his collection of poems. One of the most critically acclaimed works of Octavio Paz was El mono gramático (The Monkey Grammarian) and Ladera Este (Eastern Slope) which he completed while working in New Delhi as Ambassador of Mexico to India.
According to the Paris Review, a French Magazine that carried out in-depth interviews and writings of famous writers and poets, Octavio Paz was a famous existentialist poet. He is best known for his poetry collections, for which he won the Nobel Prize.
There is no information available regarding the charity work of Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz went on to win several awards such as the Nobel Prize, National Prize for Arts and Sciences (Mexico) in Literature 1977, Alfonso Reyes International Prize, and Jerusalem Prize.
When it comes to art, Paz is greatly influenced by Marxism, Surrealism, Existentialism, Buddhism, and Hinduism, and many of these were his hobbies. Provincetown Art Association and Museum have also featured some of Paz's artwork.
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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Octavio-Paz
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