Octavio Paz was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature. Throughout his life, he has influenced many other Hispanic writers, and has set a foundation for future generations of Hispanic writers to overcome.
Octavio was born in Mexico City on March 31st, 1914. His grandfather was a novelist, and greatly influenced Paz into becoming the renowned writer that he was. Paz studied Law and Literature at the National University in Mexico, but refused to take his degree. However, from his youth Paz's ambition was to be a poet.…
