Octavio Paz - Couverture souple

Caistor, Nick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1861893035 ISBN 13 : 9781861893031

Editeur : Reaktion Books, 2006

Synopsis

Both an artist and activist, Octavio Paz won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1990. This recognition was the culmination of decades of work, as Paz strove to marry traditional Mexican poetry with distinctly surrealist and Spanish influences. Along with his work, Paz's contribution to the intellectual debates of his time, such as those over the role of Mexican art in national identity, cannot be overemphasized.

In Octavio Paz, Nicholas Caistor takes a fresh look at Paz's exquisite poetry and fascinating life. Born during the Mexican Revolution, Paz spent his youth fighting to free Mexico from the ideologies of both the left and right. He traveled to the United States, then to Spain, where he fought with the Republicans against Franco's Nationalists. He eventually served as a diplomat in India before returning to his homeland in 1968, where he again became a vocal opponent of the government. As Caistor demonstrates, Paz's personal journey in those years was as exciting as his public life. He details here the multiple marriages and passionate friendships that inevitably made their way into Paz's poetry.

Both concise and insightful, Octavio Paz reveals the life that informs a poetry that is deeply expressive--and distinctly political.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nick Caistor is a former BBC Latin American analyst and Latin American editor of Index on Censorship magazine. He is the author of Mexico City: A Cultural and Literary Companion as well as the editor of two anthologies and translator of many novels by Latin American and Spanish authors.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Reaktion Books
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1861893035
• ISBN 13: 9781861893031
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
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