Sun and shadow's ties: Octavio Paz and Chile

This essay proposes an account of relationshps between Octavio Pazand a number of poets and artists in Chile, from the time of his participation inthe Antifascist Congress of Valencia, in 1937, until his death in 1998. Althoughhe would never be able to travel to Chile, Octavio Paz dedicated numerous...

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Main Author: Fabienne Bradu
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2015-04-01
Series:Literatura Mexicana
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Online Access:https://revistas-filologicas.unam.mx/literatura-mexicana/index.php/lm/article/view/770
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Summary:This essay proposes an account of relationshps between Octavio Pazand a number of poets and artists in Chile, from the time of his participation inthe Antifascist Congress of Valencia, in 1937, until his death in 1998. Althoughhe would never be able to travel to Chile, Octavio Paz dedicated numeroussplendid pages to Gabriela Mistral, Vicente Huidobro, Pablo Neruda, RobertoMatta and Gonzalo Rojas. They express his critical judgment for the works ofthese Chileans as well as his personal relationships with some of them. Thisaccount also covers the various battles Octavio Paz undertook in his poeticalsearch and in the history of the 20th century.
ISSN:0188-2546
2448-8216