Octavio Paz receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, on 10 December 1990.

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Octavio Paz after receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, on 10 December 1990.

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All 1990 Nobel Prize laureates assembled on stage at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden on 10 December 1990: physics laureates Jerome I. Friedman, Henry W. Kendall and Richard E. Taylor, Chemistry laureate Elias James Corey, medicine laureates Joseph E. Murray and E. Donnall Thomas, literature laureate Octavio Paz and economic sciences laureates Harry M. Markowitz, Merton H. Miller and William F. Sharpe.

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Octavio Paz after the award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 1990.

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Sweden's Princess Christina and Octavio Paz at the Nobel Prize banquet at the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1990.

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Octavio Paz at the Nobel Prize banquet at the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1990.

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Octavio Paz delivering his banquet speech at the Nobel Prize banquet at the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1990.

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Octavio Paz and his wife Marie José Tramini de Paz at the dance floor at the Nobel Banquet at the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1990.

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Octavio Paz and his wife Marie José Tramini de Paz dancing at the Nobel Banquet at the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1990.

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Octavio Paz delivering his Nobel Prize lecture at the Swedish Academy on 8 December 1990.

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Octavio Paz delivering his Nobel Prize lecture.

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Octavio Paz photographed during Nobel Week in Stockholm, December 1990.

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Octavio Paz photographed during Nobel Week in Stockholm, December 1990.

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Octavio Paz signs the Nobel Foundation's guest book, signed by the laureates since 1952, during his visit to the Nobel Foundation during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden, December 1990.

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Octavio Paz takes a closer look at his Nobel Prize diploma during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden, December 1990.

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Octavio Paz takes a closer look at his Nobel Prize medal during a visit to the Nobel Foundation during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden, December 1990.

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Octavio Paz looking at his Nobel Prize medal during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden, December 1990.

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