In this new episode of the New Poetic Visions series, Professor Rainer Schulte discusses the influential Mexican poet and diplomat Octavio Paz (1914-1998). Recognized as one of the major Latin American writers of the 20th century, Paz was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 1981,  the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1982, and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990. In this episode, Schulte discusses how Octavio Paz introduces us to a different way of thinking in the 20th century when we are confronted with literary works or essayist works. 

Listen the our New Poetic Vision series today to travel through the world of 20th century literary translation and poetry with Professor Rainer Schulte and learn about poets whose works profoundly changed the way we interpret poetry and the world in the 20th and 21st centuries.