Having won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, Mario Vargas Llosa joins the select group of gifted American writers of this important recognition of his literary work. Among these writers are Pablo Neruda and Gabriela Msitral of Chile, Guatemala Miguel Angel Asturias, Gabriel García Márquez of Colombia, and Octavio Paz of Mexico.
And just this year that marks 20 Octavio Paz received the award, exalted as one of the most outstanding thinkers in the world of letters. A site that although had not won the Nobel and was appointed for him and his legacy, as indeed happened with Borges, Cortazar, Kafka, Proust, Nabokov, etc.., who never won, but the importance and significance of his work are beyond recognition.
In times like these, where the country is embroiled in a terrible crisis, the figure of Octavio Paz towering resounds forcefully in a beam of hope and clarity, clarity and vision that marked the decay of power and detestable manifestations. A thinker located above any political affiliation and ideological We placed against any doctrine that respect for human rights.
And just this year that marks 20 Octavio Paz received the award, exalted as one of the most outstanding thinkers in the world of letters. A site that although had not won the Nobel and was appointed for him and his legacy, as indeed happened with Borges, Cortazar, Kafka, Proust, Nabokov, etc.., who never won, but the importance and significance of his work are beyond recognition.
In times like these, where the country is embroiled in a terrible crisis, the figure of Octavio Paz towering resounds forcefully in a beam of hope and clarity, clarity and vision that marked the decay of power and detestable manifestations. A thinker located above any political affiliation and ideological We placed against any doctrine that respect for human rights.
A poet who showed us the beauty turned words, the beauty made poetry.
say, do.
Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz.
Between what I see and say,
Between what I say and keep quiet,
Between what I keep silent and sleep,
Between what I dream and forget
Poetry.
glides between yes and no, says
so silent, silent
what I say, dreams
what I forget.
There is a saying:
is done. A
do that is to say.
Poetry speaks and hears is real
. And just say
is real,
dissipates.
So is real? Idea
palpable, impalpable
word:
poetry comes and goes
between what is and what is not.
weaves and unravels
reflexes. Poetry planting
eyes
pages planting words in the eyes.
Eyes speak the words look, looks think
. Hear
thoughts,
see what we say
play
body of the idea.
eyes closed
The words open.
Between what I say and keep quiet,
Between what I keep silent and sleep,
Between what I dream and forget
Poetry.
glides between yes and no, says
so silent, silent
what I say, dreams
what I forget.
There is a saying:
is done. A
do that is to say.
Poetry speaks and hears is real
. And just say
is real,
dissipates.
So is real? Idea
palpable, impalpable
word:
poetry comes and goes
between what is and what is not.
weaves and unravels
reflexes. Poetry planting
eyes
pages planting words in the eyes.
Eyes speak the words look, looks think
. Hear
thoughts,
see what we say
play
body of the idea.
eyes closed
The words open.
By Vic Volta.
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