Octavio Paz, Mexico's Great Idea Man; To the Nobel-Winning Writer, Passion Was the Essence of All From: The Washington Post | Date: April 22, 1998| Author: Marie Arana-Ward | Copyright 1998 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

I saw Octavio Paz for the first time almost 20 years ago in New York City. He was moving uncertainly through the corridors of the publishing house where I'd just been hired. He was a spry sixty-something; I had not yet turned 30. He seemed somewhat disoriented; I was momentarily stunned. I had lifted my head from a rookie's tedium and found his unmistakable face looking my way.

As it turned out, the poet was lost -- a condition he wasn't used to. He bowed graciously, approached ...

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