Nobel Prize

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Octavio Paz delivering his banquet speech at the Nobel Prize banquet at the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1990. English Octavio Paz’ speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1990 (Translation) Your Majesties, Ladies and Gentlemen, I shall be brief – but, since time is elastic, I am afraid you are going to hear me…

French Octavio Paz’ speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1990 (in Spanish) Majestades, Señoras y Señores: Seré breve. Sin embargo, como el tiempo es elástico, ustedes tendrán que oírme durante ciento ochenta largos segundos. Vivimos no sólo el fin de un siglo sino de un período histórico. ¿Qué nacerá del derrumbe de las ideologías?…

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English Nobel Lecture, December 1984 (Translation) On the Pathetic and Lyrical State of Mind I am often asked, particularly by foreigners, how one can explain the great love of poetry in my country: why there exists among us not only an interest in poems but even a need for poetry. Perhaps that means my countrymen…