Octavio Paz

1914 - 1998

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

movement: modernism, surrealism

genre: poetry

country of citizenship: Mexico, Second Spanish Republic

languages spoken, written or signed: Spanish

educated at: National Autonomous University of Mexico, University of California, Berkeley, Colegio Williams

occupation: poet, lyricist, diplomat, philosopher, translator, essayist, writer, politician

award received: Nobel Prize in Literature, Guggenheim Fellowship, Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Xavier Villaurrutia Award, National Prize for Arts and Sciences, Neustadt International Prize for Literature, Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities, Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise, Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Mariano de Cavia' Price, Jerusalem Prize, Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Menéndez Pelayo International Prize

position held: ambassador of Mexico to India

Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat. 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)