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Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz, Mexican poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)

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Born
March 31, 1914
Died
April 19, 1998
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1914

About Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican philosopher, 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. As a teenager in 1931, Paz published his first poems, including "Cabellera". During the 1920s, he discovered Gerardo Diego, Juan Ramón Jiménez, and Antonio Machado; these Spanish writers had a great influence on his early writings. Ireneo Paz became an intellectual and journalist, starting several newspapers, where he was publisher and printer.

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Octavio Paz timeline

  1. As a teenager in 1931, Paz published his first poems, including "Cabellera".
  2. 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.

The world when Octavio Paz was born

Octavio Paz was born in 1914. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1914

  • Best-selling book"The Eyes of the World" – Harold Bell Wright

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports moment"Miracle Braves" complete greatest comeback in baseball history
  • Top headlineWorld War I begins — Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
  • Technology milestonePanama Canal opens
  • World population~1.74B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population97.2M

1914 versus 2026

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Measure19142026
Population97.2M341 million

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