1990
Octavio Paz – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
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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Banquet speech
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…
moreOctavio Paz – Prose
Prose
Spanish Visión del escribente Y llenar todas estas hojas en blanco que me faltan con la misma, monótona pregunta: ¿a qué horas se acaban las horas? Y las antesalas, los memoriales, las intrigas, las gestiones ante el Portero, el Oficial en Turno, el Secretario, el Adjunto, el Sustituto. Vislumbrar de lejos al Influyente y enviar…
moreOctavio Paz – Poetry
Poetry
Spanish Movimiento Si tú eres la yegua de ámbar yo soy el camino de sangre Si tú eres la primer nevada yo soy el que enciende el brasero del alba Si tú eres la torre de la noche yo soy el clavo ardiendo en tu frente Si tú eres la marea matutina yo soy el…
moreOctavio Paz – Poetry
Poetry
English Motion If you are the amber mare I am the road of blood If you are the first snow I am he who lights the hearth of dawn If you are the tower of night I am the spike burning in your mind If you are the morning tide I am the first bird’s…
moreOctavio Paz – Prose
Prose
English The Clerk’s Vision And to fill all these white pages that are left for me with the same monotonous question: at what hour do the hours end? And the anterooms, the memorials, the intrigues, the negotiations with the Janitor, the Rotating Chairman, the Secretary, the Associate, the Delegate. To glimpse the Influential from afar…
moreAward ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor Salo Gronowitz of the Translation from the Swedish text Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, Organic synthesis – the preparation of complicated organic compounds, using simple and cheap starting materials – is one of the prerequisites of our civilization, the chemical age in which we live. As late as…
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