Octavio Paz

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March 31, 1914 in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico

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April 19, 1998

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Awarded the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature "for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity."

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Average rating: 4.12 · 4,989 ratings · 343 reviews · 146 distinct works

	The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings by Octavio Paz, Lysander Kemp (Translator), Yara Milos (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 1,714 ratings — published 1950 — 36 editions	My rating:
	The Collected Poems, 1957-1987 by Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger (Editor), Elizabeth Bishop (Translator) 4.29 avg rating — 720 ratings — published 1987 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Double Flame: Love and Eroticism by Octavio Paz, Helen Lane (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 1993 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Sunstone/Piedra De Sol 4.31 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 1371 — 10 editions	My rating:
	In Light of India by Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger 4.01 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz o las trampas de la fe 4.12 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Selected Poems by Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger (Editor, Translator), Charles Tomlinson (Translator) 4.11 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 1979 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Configurations by Octavio Paz, M. Rukeyser (Adapted by) 4.20 avg rating — 86 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Eagle or Sun 4.10 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1976 — 8 editions	My rating:
	A Tree Within by Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger 4.33 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Octavio Paz

“Love is an attempt to penetrate another being, but it can only be realized if the surrender is mutual.”
― Octavio Paz, The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings

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“Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.”
― Octavio Paz

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“Deserve your dream.”
― Octavio Paz

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