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BIOGRAPHY
Octavio Paz, recipient of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He grew up surrounded by revolutionaries as his father was the secretary of Emilio Zapata. He was educated at the University of Mexico where he studied law. Later he served as a Mexican diplomat in Paris, Japan, the United States, and India. He also served as Mexico's representative to UNESCO.
Paz published his first volume of poetry at 19 entitled LUNA SILVESTRA. His work is influenced by Aztec mythology, Asian philosophy, and surrealism. One of his best known poems, PIEDRA DEL SOL (SUNSTONE), was published in 1957. Paz was the first Mexican to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
CHRONOLOGY
1914
He was born in Mexico City, Mexico.
1933
LUNA SILVERSTRE
1937
BAJJO TU CLARA SOMBRA Y OTROS POEMAS, NO PASARAN!, RAIZ DEL HOMBRE; He went to Spain and allied himself with the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War.; He married Elena Garro.
1939
He founded the literary review TALLER.
1941
ENTRE LA PIEDRA Y FLOR
1942
A LA ORILLA DEL MUNDO
1943
He travelled to the United States on a Guggenheim Fellowship.
1945
He was sent to France as a Mexican diplomat.
1949
LIBERTAD BAJO PALABRA
1950
EL LABERINTO DE LA SOLEDAD (THE LABYRINTH OF SOLITUDE)
1951
AGUILA O SOL? (EAGLE OR SUN)
1954
SEMILLAS PARA UN HIMNO
1956
EL ARCO Y LA LIRA (THE BOW AND THE LYRE), LA HIJA DE RAPPACINI
1957
LAS PERAS DE OLMO, PIEDRA DE SOL (SUN STONE)
1958
LA ESTACION VIOLENTA
1959
AGUA Y VIENTO, TAMAYO EN LA PINTURA MEXICANA; He and Elena Garro divorced.
1960
LIBERTAT BAJO PALABRA, EL LABERINTO DE SOLADAD
1962
SALAMANDRA; He was appointed Mexican ambassador to India.
1963
SELECTED POEMS
1964
LOS SIGNOS EN ROTACION, VIENTO ENTERO, VRINDABAN, MADURAI, CUADRIVIO, LOS SIGNOS EN ROTACION
1966
PUERTAS AL CAMPO
1967
CLAUDE LEVI-STRAUSS: O, EL NUEVO FESTIN DE ESOPO (CLAUDE LEVI-STRAUSS: AN INTRODUCTION), CORRIENTAE ALTERNA (ALTERNATING CURRENT), PIEDRA DE SOL, BLANCO (BLANCO)
1968
DISCO VISUALES, MARCEL DUCHAMP O, EL CASTILLO DE LA PUREZA; He resigned from diplomatic service.
1969
LADERA ESTE, LA CENTENA, MEXICO:LA ULTIMA DECADA; He returned to Mexico.
1970
CONJUNCIONES Y DISJUNCIONES (CONJUCTIONS AND DISJUCTIONS), POSTDATA (THE OTHER MEXICO); He was Simon Bolivar professor of Latin American Studies and a Fellow of Churchill College.
1971
CONFIGURATIONS, TOPOEMAS, LAS COSAS EN SU SITIO, LOS SIGNOS EN ROTACION, TRADUCCION; He founded the magazine PLURAL.; He was the Carles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard University.
1972
RENGA
1973
EL SIGNO Y EL GARABATO, EARLY POEMS, APARIENCIA DESNUDA, SOLO A DOS VOCES
1974
EL MONO GRAMATICO, LA BUSQUEDA DEL COMIENZO, TEATRO DE SIGNOS/TRANSPARENCIAS, LOS HIJOS DEL LIMO (CHILDREN OF THE MIRE), VERSIONSES Y DIVERSIONES, EL MONO GRAMATICO (THE MONKEY GRAMMARIAN), EARLY POEMS, THE SIREN AND THE SEASHELL
1975
PASADO EN CLARO (DRAFT OF SHADOWS)
1976
He began publishing the magazine VUELTA.
1978
POEMAS 1935-1975, XAVIER VILLAURRUTIA EN PERSONA Y EN OBRA
1979
A DRAFT OF SHADOWS, SELECTED POEMS, AIRBORN/HIJOS DEL AIRE, EL OGRO FILANTROPICO, IN/MEDIACIONES
1981
POEMAS RECIENTES
1982
RUFINO TAMAYO, THE LABYRINTH OF SOLITUDE AND OTHER ESSAYS, SOR JUANA INES DE LA CRUZ O, LAS TRAMPS DE LA FE; He won the Neustadt Prize.
1983
TIEMPO NUBLADO (ONE EARTH, FOUR OR FIVE WORLDS), SOMBRAS DE OBRAS, GUNTER GERZO
1984
SELECTED POEMS
1985
CHUATRO CHOPOS (THE FOUR POPLARS), INSTANTE Y REVELACION, THE LABYRINTH OF SOLITUDE
1987
ARBOL ADENTRO, CONVERGENCES, MEXICO EN LA OBRA DE OCTAVIO PAZ, THE COLLECTED POEMS OF OCTAVIO PAZ 1957-1987
1988
PRIMERAS LETRAS
1990
LA OTRA VOZ (THE OTHER VOICE), IN SEARCH OF THE PRESENT; He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1993
ITINERARIO, UN MAS ALL EROTICO, LA LLAMA DOBLE, AMORE Y EROTISMO (THE DOUBLE FLAME)
1995
VISLUMBRES DE LA INDIA
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