Convergences

Octavio Paz (1914 to 1998) was a Mexican poet, diplomat and writer. His honors included the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 1981, the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1982 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990. The Nobel committee recognized work marked by passion, a wide range of interests, sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity.

Convergences gathers his essays on literature and art.