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Nobel Prize in Literature 1990

Octavio Paz

Mexico

Octavio Paz received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990, making them laureate number 87 since the prize was first awarded in 1901.

They are the only writer from Mexico to have won the prize.

Our pick for reading Octavio Paz for the first time is El laberinto de la soledad.

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