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Mineral cactai, quicksilver lizards in the adobe walls, the bird that punctures space, thirst, tedium, clouds of dust, impalpable epiphanies of wind. The pines taught me to talk to myself. In that garden I learnedto send myself off. Later there were no gardens.


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Author Bio


  • NameOctavio Paz
  • DescriptionMexican writer laureated with the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature
  • BornMarch 31, 1914
  • DiedApril 20, 1998
  • CountryMexico
  • ProfessionLinguist; Poet; Writer; Diplomat; Philosopher; Translator; Essayist
  • AwardsNobel 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 - Communications And Humanities