Poetry: Octavio Paz QEH, London

The Independent - London | June 12, 1996| | Copyright

There is an atmosphere of steamy restiveness within the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Why is Octavio Paz so late? This is not, after all, some jazz bash. It is, according to the press release, an encounter with Latin America's greatest living poet.

Then a literature officer bounds, gazelle-like, a little breathless, on to the stage. Apologies for the delay, she says. Some translations are on their way to us in a taxi. As soon as they arrive, we'll start. That bodes well for the quality of the evening: these translations are clearly too alive with the life of the mind to be faxed.

Then, half an hour ...

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